John Chilcote, M.P. written by Katherine Cecil Thurston, and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1905.

Scenes from John Chilcote, M. P. written by Irish novelist Katherine Cecil Thurston (1874-1911) and performed at St. James's Theatre, London, in 1905. 

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 27th, 1905, "John Chilcote, M.P.," at the St. James's Theatre.  The nerve-shattered John Chilcote, the famous politician, is a victim of drug-taking, and has arranged with John Loder, who is poor, healthy, and exactly like Chilcote in person. 

The Tree of Knowledge, written by Henry James and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1897.

Scenes from The Tree of Knowledge, written by American-British author Henry James (1843 – 1916) and produced at the St. James's Theatre in 1897. The Tree of Knowledge first publicly appeared in a volume of short stories published under the collective title The Soft Side in 1900.

(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 6th, 1897)

Photographic portrait of the actress Constance Collier (1878-1955) as Belle in the Tree of Knowledge, at St James's Theatre, London Stereoscopic Company, 1897.

Fay Davis as Monica Blayne in The Tree of Knowledge, St. James’s Theatre, London, 1897

Principal characters

Peter Brench bachelor (50) and ‘writer’

Morgan Mallow his friend, a sculptor

Mrs Mallow Mallow’s wife

Lance (Lancelot) their son

Egidio their Italian footman

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The Wisdom of the Wise, written by John Oliver Hobbes and performed at St. James's Theatre, in 1901.

Scenes from The Wisdom of the Wise (a comedy in three acts), written by Anglo-American dramatist John Oliver Hobbes (1867-1906) and performed at St. James's Theatre, London, in 1901.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 12th, 1901.

Sada Yacco, the "Japanese Duse," with her family and Loie Fuller in Berlin, c. 1901

Sada Yaccos "japanische Duse" mit ihrer Familie & Loie Fuller in Berlin c.1901

Sweet and Twenty (A COMEDY IN ONE ACT), written by the British playwright Basil Hood and performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on April 24, 1901.

Scenes from Sweet and Twenty (A COMEDY IN ONE ACT), written by the British playwright Basil Hood (1864-1917), and produced by A.and S. Gatti and Charles Frohman at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on April 24, 1901. The cast included J. D. Beveridge, Holbrook Blinn, Seymour Hicks, Mary Rorke, Vane Featherston, etc. 

'Sweet and Twenty' at the Vaudeville, 1901

The Sketch, May 22nd, 1991, "Sweet and Twenty," the Pretty Vaudeville Comedy.  Act II. The first return of Douglas, after being dismissed the Service for drunkenness and Mutiny.  /   Act II. Eustace, the modern Jacob who is in love with Joan, persuades Douglas to leave home again at once.  /  Act III.  Master Chris Floyd, having spent all his pocket-money on a real pistol, plays highwayman Claude Duval to the 'Frightened Passenger" of "Sweet and Twenty"  Joan.  /  Act III.- The second return of Douglas, after he has redeemed his character and made a fortune in Australia.    /  Miss Ellaline Terriss as Joan Trevelyan.  /  Mr. Seymour Hicks as Douglas Floyd.  /  Douglas, about to rejoin his ship, bids loan Good-bye.  / The Rev. James Floyd (Mr. J. D. Beveridge) and Joan.  

Sweet and Twenty, produced by the Provincetown Players, New York City,  January 25, 1918.

La Course du flambeau (1901), written by Paul Hervieu and produced at Théâtre du Vaudeville, in 1901.

Scenes from La Course du flambeau (The Torch Run, a play in four acts, first published in 1901)  written by French playwright Paul Hervieu (1857-1915) and performed at the Théâtre du Vaudeville (opened in 1792), Paris, on April 17, 1901.



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Réjane

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Der Generalfeldoberst (1889), written by Ernst von Wildenbruch and produced in Weimar in 1901.

A scene from Der Generalfeldoberst (The General Field Colonel, a play in four acts, 1889), written by German playwright Ernst von Wildenbruch (1845 - 1909) and performed at the Großherzoglichen Hof-Theaterin, Weimar, on 14 April 1901, under the direction of Karl Weiser (1848-1913) and starring  

G. Helzig, K. Grube, E. Wilhelmi, Frl. Scholz, K. Weiser, and Frl. Schiffel.

 The main scene of Act IV. From the left: Ruppa (G. Heltzig) and King Friedrich (K. Grube). The couple behind the table: Jessenius (E. Wilhelmi) and Genoveva (Fraeulein Scholz). The man pointing is Generalfeldoberst (K. Weiser) and to the right of him sits Elisabeth (Fraeulein Schiffel).

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