The Mind-the-Paint-Girl (4-act-comedy) written by Arthur Wing Pinero and produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on February 17, 1912

A scene from The Mind-the-Paint-Girl (4-act-comedy) written by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 - 1934) and produced at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, on February 17, 1912, starring Nina Sevening (English actress, 1885 - 1958)

Sheet music cover with Billie Burke

Photograph of Billie Burke (center) performing in The "Mind the Paint" Girl Caption reads as follows: Billie Burke singing "Mind the Paint" in The-Mind-the-Paint Girl at the Lyceum

Officer 666 (A Melodramatic Farce), written by Augustin Machugh (1877-1928), and produced at the Globe Theatre, London, in 1912.

   Some scenes from Officer 666 (A Melodramatic Farce), written by the American playwright Augustin Machugh (1877-1928), and produced at the Globe Theatre, London, in 1912.

   Officer 666 : "A Melodramatic Farce" by Augustin MacHugh. Various productions (1912 - 14) starring George Nash, Edward Abeles, Percy Ames, Elsie Glynn, Francis McGinn, Wallace Eddinger, Vivian Martin, Alvah D. Simms, Reginald Denny, Ralph Murphy, Albert Roscoe, Ralph Newman, Carson Davenport, Helen Greene, John Arthur, Joseph Allen, etc. Originally produced in 1912 by Cohan and Harris

New York Times : OFFICER 666" IN LONDON.; Is Well Received -- Critics ...
LONDON, Oct. 30.—Augustin McHugh's successful American farce “Officer 666” was presented at the Globe Theatre to-night by Charles Frohman, with Wallace Eddinger as Gladwin and John...

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The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 9th, 1912, "Officer 666," by Augustin Machugh, at the Globe Theatre.

    a- Gladwin, the owner of a New York mansion (Mr. Wallace Eddinger), while disguised as a policeman, witnesses a lovers' interview between the picture thief, Alfred Wilson (Mr. John Miltern) and Helen Burton (Miss Viva Birkett).  Wilson is in Gladwin's own house at the time, is posing as its master, and is about to steal its masterpieces of painting and elope with Helen.

    b- Whitney Barnes (Mr. Sam Sothern) gets handcuffed through a police error, and finds it rather difficult to get at his cigarette case.

    c- Officer 666 (Mr. Dan'l Moyles) arrests Gladwin for the supposed theft of his own pictures, as the word of Wilson, the thief, as to who is actually Gladwin is believed rather than that of Gladwin himself.

    d- Mrs. Burton (Miss Helen Ferrers) recognises Officer 666 (Mr. Dan'l Moyles) as the man whom she saw in his shirtsleeves, and whom she imagines is the thief the police are inquiring for.

    e- Travers Gladwin (Mr. Wallace Eddinger), disguised as Officer 666, discovers Wilson, the picture thief (Mr. John Miltern), at work on his art treasures in his own house. The "Officer" conceals his identity, and affects to assist the "expert."

    f- Wilson, the aesthetic picture thief, has now been exposed, and the police are after him.  He is seen dragging officer 666, with the aid of his servant, and soon after, helped by the very man whom he has personated, the sympathetic Gladwin, he escapes, leaving both the paintings and Helen behind him.

The original Broadway production of this play by George M. Cohan opened at the Gaiety Theater on January 29, 1912 and ran for 192 performances.

Oedipus Rex written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles and performed at the Covent Garden Opera House, on January 15, 1912.

Scenes from Oedipus Rex written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles and performed at the Covent Garden Opera House, on January 15, 1912. Production by Max Reinhardt with Sir John Martin-Harvey as Oedipus. Translation by George Gilbert Aimé Murray.

Stage scene designs for Hamlet drawn by Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) around 1912

Stage scene designs for Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare and drawn by Edward Gordon Craig  (1872-1966) around 1912.

E.G. Craig's design for Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2 (1912)

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A Butterfly on the Wheel, written by Edward G. Hemmerde, K.C. Neilson and Francis Neilson, performed at the 39th Street Theatre, New York City, from Jan 09, 1912 until Jun 1912.

A scene from A Butterfly on the Wheel, written by Edward G. Hemmerde, K.C. Neilson and Francis Neilson, performed at the 39th Street Theatre, New York City, from January 9, 1912 until June 1912, and running for 191 performances.

Court Room Scene

Stella maris (Star of the Sea) composed by Alfred Kaiser, and produced at the Kurfürstenoper, Berlin, from December 23, 1911 to 1913

A scene from Stella maris (Star of the Sea, Musical play in 3 acts) composed by Alfred Kaiser (1872 - 1917), and produced at the Kurfürstenoper, Berlin, from December 23, 1911 to 1913.

The Miracle (Das Mirakel 1911) written by Karl Vollmöller and produced in London under the direction of Max Reinhardt in 1911

   Scenes from The Miracle (Das Mirakel 1911) written by the German playwright Karl Vollmöller (1878 - 19 48) and produced at the Olympia Theatre, London, under the direction of Max Reinhardt (Austria-born theatre director, 1873 - 1943), on 23 December 1911. It was a collaboration between the Austrian director Max Reinhardt and the English impresario C B Cochran, and was a spectacular with a cast of two thousand.

   The Miracle is a 1911 wordless play by Karl Vollmöller with integral and accompanying music by Engelbert Humperdinck as well as church songs and sacred chants. 

Staging of Karl Gustav Vollmoeller's play The Miracle in the 'Olympia' (exhibition centre) in London, director: Max Reinhardt Stagings by Max Reinhardt in London, 1 January, 1912

Natacha Trouhanowa in The Miracle, Olympia, Kensington, London, 1911

A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911.

The production toured continental Europe, ending in Berlin at the Zirkus Busch, Berlin,  on 13 May 1914. 

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