Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and staged at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, in 1914

Scenes from Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and staged at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, with Hans Maar as Odysseus, Theodor Loos as Telemach, Hedwig Reicher as Leukone, in 1914.

Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus, 1914) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and produced at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, in 1914

Scenes from Der Bogen des Odysseus (The Bow of Odysseus, 1914) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and produced at Deutsches Kuenstlertheater, Berlin, in 1914.

Wozzeck left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837) at his death, but first produced in Vienna, on 5 May 1914.

   Scenes from Wozzeck left incomplete by the German playwright Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837) at his death, but first produced in Vienna, on 5 May 1914.

   

   Wozzeck is the first opera by Austrian composer Alban Berg, created between 1914 and 1922 and premiered on 14 December 1925 at the Berlin State Opera. Based on Georg Büchner's play Woyzeck (1836), it depicts a soldier's tragic slide into madness and murder amid militarism and oppression.

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The Truth written by Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), and produced by Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre, New York, from April 14 to June in 1914, with 55 performances.

   A scene from The Truth written by the American playwright Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), and produced by Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre, New York, from April 14 to June in 1914, with 55 performances.

   New York Times :  1914/04/12  "THE TRUTH" WILL RISE AGAIN AFTER SOME SEVEN YEARS; Clyde ...  "THE TRUTH" WILL RISE AGAIN AFTER SOME SEVEN YEARS; Clyde Fitch's Play to be Revived by Mr. Ames at the Little Theatre.

The Truth (revival, 1914) by Clyde Fitch, with actor Guthrie McClintic

Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's His Majesty's Theatre in London, running for 118 performances from 13 April 1914

A scene from Pygmalion (5-act-romance) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre in London, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, running for 118 performances from 13 April 1914.

Spread from The Sketch magazine showing scenes from Pygmalion premiered at His Majesty's Theatre, London on 11 April 1914. The cast included Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle and Sir Herbert Tree as Professor Higgins.

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Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at His Majesty's Theatre on April 13, 1914

Scenes from Pygmalion (5-act romance) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 13, 1914, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle.

 Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle selling flowers as Professor Higgins looks on 

Pygmalion written by George Bernard Shaw and opened at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 11, 1914

   Scenes from Pygmalion written by the  British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and opened at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 11, 1914, featuring Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle, Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle and Sir Herbert Tree as Professor Higgins.

   This Sketch dubbed it Bernard Shaw's 'naughty word play' as Eliza utters the word "bloody" which had never been used on the stage.

Pygmalion, His Majesty's Theatre, 1914

Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle, Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza and Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Professor Henry Higgins in the first London run of Pygmalion, at His Majesty's theatre in 1914

Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'. In 1914, she played Eliza Doolittle in the original West End London

1914 photos of Mrs. Pat as Eliza Doolittle. She was wearing the costume on the right (in Act III) when Eliza shocked London by uttering the phrase, “not bloody likely!”

A Sketch Magazine illustration of Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle from 22 April 1914. Shaw wrote the part of Eliza expressly for Campbell, who played opposite Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Henry Higgins.