Tuesday, 17 September 2002

Quality Street (a comedy in four acts) written by the Scottish playwaright James M. Barrie (1860-1937), and produced at Vaudeville Theatre, London. It started on 17th September 1902.

Some scenes from Quality Street (a comedy in four acts) of the Scottish playwaright James M. Barrie (1860-1937), written before his more famous work Peter Pan. The story is about two sisters who start a school "for genteel children". The original Broadway production opened in 1901 and ran for 64 performances. The show was then produced at Vaudeville Theatre, London. It started on 17th September 1902, where it was a hit, running for 459 performances.



Illustration of Seymour Hicks as Valentine Brown (1902 London)



Terriss and Hicks in Quality Street



Seymour Hicks as Dr Valentine Brown in search of grey hairs  (1902 London)

Monday, 26 August 2002

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced by the Rheinischen Goethe-Vereins, in Germany, in 1902

A scene from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced by the Rheinischen Goethe-Vereins, in Germany, in 1902.



Tuesday, 20 August 2002

Das vierte Gebot (The Fourth Commandment, 4-act-play, premiere in 1877) written by the German playwright Ludwig Anzengruber (1839 - 1889) and produced as Charity performance by the German National Trade Association, in Dresden, in 1902.

 A scene from Das vierte Gebot (The Fourth Commandment, 4-act-play, premiere in 1877) written by the German playwright Ludwig Anzengruber (1839 - 1889) and produced as Charity performance by the German National Trade Association, in Dresden, in 1902.




Monday, 19 August 2002

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) written by Maurice Maeterlinck and first produced by Stefan Herheim at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, in 1902

A scene from Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) written by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949) and first produced by Stefan Herheim at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, in 1902.





Pelléas et Mélisande, in Paris, 30 April 1902





Thursday, 15 August 2002

L'Énigme (The Riddle, 1901) by Paul Hervieu and produced in 1902

   A scene from L'Énigme (The Riddle, 1901) by the French playwright Paul Hervieu (1857 - 1915) and produced in 1902, starring Miss Bartet and Miss Brandés. 

   This play was staged at Wyndham's Theatre, London, on March 1,  1902, as Caesar's Wife.





This is a production of the play Caesar’s Wife (by W Somerset Maugham), 1901 – 1902, at Wyndham’s Theatre, London.

Gustav Wasa (1899) written by August Strindberg and produced at the Großherzogl. Hoftheater, Schwerin in Germany, in 1902

A scene from Gustav Wasa (5-act historical drama, 1899) written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) and produced at the Großherzogl. Hoftheater, Schwerin in Germany, in 1902.



Nacht und MoLeo Connardrgen written by Paul Lindau and produced at the Berliner Theater in 1902, starring Ernst Pittschau, Emil Chony, Leo Connard, Hugo Haßkerl, Auguste Prasch- Grevenberg, and Marie Frauendorfer

A scene from Nacht und MoLeo Connardrgen written by the German playwright Paul Lindau (1839 - 1919) and produced at the Berliner Theater in 1902, starring Ernst Pittschau, Emil Chony, Leo Connard (Austrian actor, 1860 - unknown), Hugo Haßkerl, Auguste Prasch- Grevenberg, and Marie Frauendorfer.