Sunday, 3 November 2002

The Admirable Crichton, written by James M. Barrie, produced by Charles Frohman and directed by Dion Boucicault. It opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in London on 4 November 1902.

Scenes from The Admirable Crichton (a comic stage play), written by Scottish playwright James M. Barrie (1860-1937), produced by Charles Frohman and directed by Dion Boucicault. It opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in London on 4 November 1902 for 328 performances. The New York premiere followed in November 1903 at Lyceum Theatre, where it ran for 144 performances. 



H. B. Irving as Crichton (left) and Henry Kemble, as the Earl of Loam (centre)






Scene with Ernest (played by Mr Gerald du Maurier) and Tweeny (played by Miss Pattie Browne). From the production at the Duke of York Theatre, London, 1902.



Sunday, 27 October 2002

Alt-Heidelberg written by by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, and performed in various cities in Germany, in 1902.

Scenes from Alt-Heidelberg (a five-act romantic drama, premiered on 22 November 1901 at the Berliner Theater) written by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862 - 1934) and performed in 1902 in various cities in Germany, where, in the years that followed, it was the most frequently performed play.
 


Act II, Scene 12

Act II, Scene 12

Act II, Scene 9


Alt-Heidelberg, 1902





Thursday, 24 October 2002

Monsieur Beaucaire (a romantic comedy in four acts), adapted as a play by Booth Tarkington and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, from 25 October 1902

Scenes from Monsieur Beaucaire (a romantic comedy in four acts), adapted as a play by American playwright Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) in collaboration with Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, from 25 October 1902, with 430 performances.

 


 Lewis Waller [stage name], William Waller Lewis (1860 - 1915)



Mr. Lewis Waller and Miss Grace Lane in "Monsieur Beaucaire," at the Comedy Theatre. 1903.


1903 - THEATRE COMEDY LEWIS WALLER GRACE LANE MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE


"Monsieur Beaucaire" at the Comedy - The Hero and His Sweetheart. 1902




Lewis Waller as Monsieur Beaucaire is a 1903 portrait painting by the British artist John Collier. [1] It depicts the actor Lewis Waller in costume for the title part of the play Monsieur Beaucaire




Sunday, 6 October 2002

Lorenza performed at the Köln Bühnenbild (Cologne City Theatre) in 1902.

Scenes from Lorenza, performed at the Köln Bühnenbild (Cologne City Theatre) in 1902, starring Reimar Poppe (1869-1927), Frieda Felser (German soprano opera singer and actress, 1872-1941) and Richard Breitenfeld (German baritone, 1869-1944).

 


Lorenza, Stadttheater Cologne drama,  Luigi Jllica/ Theobald Rehbaum (german violinist and composer, 1835-1918), 1902


Saturday, 5 October 2002

König Laurin (King Laurin) written by the German playwright Ernst von Wildenbruch and performed in c. 1902

Scenes from König Laurin (King Laurin), written by German playwright Ernst von Wildenbruch (1845-1909) and performed around 1902, starring the German stage actress Rosa Poppe (1867-1940) as Mary Stuart and Sophie Wachner (1879-1960).


Rosa Poppe a. Maria Stuart







Rosa Poppe als Maria Stuart around 1900


Tuesday, 1 October 2002

Baldevins bröllop (Baldwin's Wedding), written by Vilhelm Krag and performed by a Norwegian theater company at the Södra teatern, Stockholm, in 1902.

Scenes from Baldevins bröllop (Baldwin's Wedding, a comedic play in three acts, premiered on 20 November 1900 at the National Theatre in Oslo), written by Norwegian playwright Vilhelm Krag (1871–1933) and performed by a Norwegian theater company at Södra Teatern, Stockholm, in 1902.  



Baldevins bröllop at Södra teatern 1902. 


Baldevins bröllop at Södra teatern 1902.


Saturday, 21 September 2002

La Mort de Tintagiles (1894), written by Maurice Maeterlinck and produced at the Opéra Comique, Paris in 1902

Scenes from La Mort de Tintagiles (The Death of Tintagiles, 1894), written by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) and produced at the Opéra Comique, Paris, in 1902. And the play was, in 1905, successfully produced by the Theater Studio of the Moscow Art Theater under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold. 


Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 3

Act 4