The Senator (1890) written by David D. Lloyd and Sydney Rosenfeld (1855 - 1931) and premiered at the Star Theatre, New York City, on January 13, 1890

   A scene from The Senator (a popular comic play, 1890) written by the American playwrights David D. Lloyd and Sydney Rosenfeld (1855 - 1931) and performed at the Star Theatre, New York City, on January 13, 1890.

   After initial performances outside New York (it was first performed in St. Louis), it debuted at the Star Theatre on Broadway on January 13, 1890, and ran for 119 performances.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Daly's Theatre, New York City, starring Joseph Holland as Theseus and Phoebe Russell as Hippolyta, in 1888

   Some scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Daly's Theatre, New York City, starring Joseph Holland (1860-1926) as Theseus and Phoebe Russell (1864-1909) as Hippolyta, on January 31, 1888.

   The New York Times :  1888/01/22 THE THEATRES--MR. DALY'S PLANS - The New York Times   The first performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Daly's Theatre will be given on Tuesday evening, Jan. 31, and here is the way the parts will be distributed: View Full Article in ...

   The New York Times :  1888/02/01 AMUSEMENTS.; "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" AT DALY'S THEATRE.   The dreamland of Shakespeare was pictured on the stage of Daly's Theatre last night; Duke Theseus wedded his amazon queen, Hippolita, and two Athenian maidens, wandering in the...

James Lewis as Bottom

Ada Rehan as Helena

John Drew as Francis Ford 

   Daly's comedy The Railroad of Love (an adaptation of a German play) was followed by Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. The latter had not been professionally staged in London since 1841, and despite respectful reviews and a starry cast including Rehan, Lewis, Tyrone Power, Frank Worthing and Maxine Elliott, it did not attract the public.[10] The production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that followed did better.

King Lear written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Royal Court Theatre, Munich, in 1884

A scene from King Lear written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Royal Court Theatre, Munich, in 1884.

The Birds (a comedy) written by Aristophanes and performed at the Theatre Royal, Cambridge, in November 1883

Scenes from The Birds (a comedy, published in English in 1883) written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes (c. 446 BC - c. 386 BC) and performed at the Theatre Royal, Cambridge, with the music composed by Hubert Parry and conducted by himself and Charles Wood, in November 1883.

  

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Ghosts, written by Henrik Ibsen (1888 - 1906) and first performed in Sweden, at Helsingborg on 22 August 1883.

   Scenes from Ghosts written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and first produced at Helsingborg, Sweden, on August 22, 1883, starring Hedvig Winterhjelm as Mrs. Alving and August Lindberg as Osvald.

   Ghosts was  first performed in May 1882 in the United States, produced in Danish for Scandinavian immigrants by a Danish-Norwegian cast in Chicago, at the Aurora Turner Hall. The first performance in Sweden was at Helsingborg on 22 August 1883. Ghosts was produced in Norway in October 1883, and it received good reviews. It was produced independently in September 1889 at Berlin's Die Freie Bühne.

Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm as Mrs. Alving and August Lindberg as Osvald in the 1883 Swedish performance.

Photos from the first European production of Ghosts, August 1883

Photos from the first European production of Ghosts, August 1883

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, and produced by Henry Irving, with the stage managed by H. J. Loveday, and the scenes designed by Howes Craven, W. Cuthbert, W. Hann & W. Telbin, at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, starring Ellen Terry as Juliet, Mary Anne Stirling, on March 8, 1882

Scenes from Romeo and Juliet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), and produced by Henry Irving (actor manager, 1838 - 1905), with the stage managed by H. J. Loveday, and the scenes designed by Howes Craven, W. Cuthbert, W. Hann & W. Telbin,  at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, starring Ellen Terry (English Shakespearean actress, 1847 - 1928) as Juliet, Mary Anne Stirling (English actress, 1815 - 1895), on March 8, 1882.

English actress Ellen Terry as Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Miss Ellen Terry as "Juliet"

Ellen Terry as Juliet, 1882

Programme, 8 March 1882, Romeo and Juliet, Wednesday March 8th 1882, Royal Lyceum Theatre

1882 Royal Lyceum Theatre London "Romeo and Juliet" Henry Arthur Jones

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She Stoops to Conquer written by Oliver Goldsmith (1728 -1774), and produced at the Haymarket Theater, London, in 1881.

A scene from She Stoops to Conquer (comedy, first performed in London in 1773) written by the Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1728 -1774), and produced at the Haymarket Theater, London, in 1881.

Actress Lillie Langtry in her theatrical debut as Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops To Conquer, performed at London's Haymarket Theater in 1881. 

Langtry was eventually to become the mistress of King Edward VII.

Old Antique Print Langtry Haymarket Theatre 1881 Stoops Conquer