Arms And The Man (romantic comedy in three acts), written George Bernard Shaw, and perfomed at the Avenue Theatre, London, on 21st April 1894

   A scene from Arms And The Man (romantic comedy in three acts), written the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and perfomed at the Avenue Theatre, London, on 21st April 1894, starring Harley Granville Barker (Actor, playwright and producer, 1877 - 1946) and Auriol Lee (1880-1941).

   Arms and the Man is a comedy by Bernard Shaw. Its title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, Arma virumque cano (Of arms and the man I sing).

   The play was published in 1898 as part of Shaw's Plays Pleasant volume, which also included Candida, You Never Can Tell, and The Man of Destiny. Arms and the Man was one of Shaw's first commercial successes. He humorously exposes the futility of war and the hypocrisies of human nature.

ACTRESSES AURIOL LEE & GRANVILLE BARKER IN ARMS AND THE MAN 

Original 1894 London production of Arms and the Man.

James Welch as Major Petkoff, 1894

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Go-Bang, produced by Fred Harris and opened at the Trafalgar Square Theatre on 10 March 1894.

   Scenes from Go-Bang, produced by Fred Harris and opened at the Trafalgar Square Theatre on 10 March 1894. The play ran for 159 performances. 

   Go-Bang is an English musical comedy with words by Adrian Ross and music by F. Osmond Carr.

The Sketch, April 11th, 1894, "Go-Bang," at the Trafalgar Theatre.

   a- Mr. Sidney Howard (Guardian of the Golden Canopy).

   b- Mr. Harry Grattan (Jenkins) and Miss Adelaide Astor (Sarah Anne).

   c- Mr. Grattan, Mr. G. Grossmith, jun. (Lieut. the Hon. Augustus Fitzpoop), and Miss Astor.

   d- Mr. Arthur Playfair (Sir Reddan Tapeleigh, K.C.S.I.), Mr. J. L. Shine (The Boojam), and Mr. Frederick Rosse (Narain).

The Sketch, April 11th, 1894, Miss Jessie Bond as Helen Tapeleigh in "Go-Bang," at the Trafalgar Theatre."

The Sketch, April 11th, 1894, "Miss Letty Lind in "Go-Bang," at the Trafalgar Theatre.

The Sketch, June 12th, 1895, "Miss Maud Maude in "Baron Golosh," at the Trafalgar Theatre.

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A Woman Of No Importance written by Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and produced at the Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, from December 11, 1893 to Jannury 1, 1894,.

   A scene from A Woman Of No Importance written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and produced at the Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York City, from December 11, 1893 to Jannury 1, 1894, starring Maurice Barrymore and Rose Coghlan.

   New York Times : Her Capable and Sincere Acting in the New Play by Oscar Wilde, "A "Woman of No Importance," at the Fifth Avenue Theatre -- Maurice Barrymore's Lamentable Inefficiency -- "Zamar,"...

First produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, on 19 April 1893.

First US production by Rose Coghlan at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, on December 11, 1893.

First published by John Lane, Bodley Head, 9 October 1894. 

Der Biberpelz (1893) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and produced at the Deutschen Theater Berlin with Else Lehmann as Frau August Wolff in September 1893

A scene from Der Biberpelz (1893) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946)  and produced at the Deutschen Theater Berlin with Else Lehmann (German theatre actress, 1866 - 1940) as Frau August Wolff in September 1893.

Programme for The Weavers (Les tisserands) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and produced at the Théâtre Libre, Paris, on May 29, 1893

Programme for The Weavers (Les tisserands) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and produced at the Théâtre Libre, Paris, on May 29, 1893.

The Inspector General (1836) written by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892

A scene from The Inspector General (Ревизор, first performed in 1836) written by the Russian playwright Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892.

The Inspector General (Ревизор, a Russian comedy, first performed in 1836) written by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) and performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892.

Scenes from The Inspector General (Ревизор, a Russian comedy, first performed in 1836) written by the Russian playwright Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) and performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892.

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