Saturday, 9 November 2002

The Mocking Bird produced, under the direction of R. H. Burnside, at the Bijou Theatre and the Grand Opera House for about a month, with Mabel Gillman as Yvette Millet, having run for 86 performances from Nov. 10, 1902 to June 8, 1903

Scenes from the romantic comic opera The Mocking Bird produced, under the direction of R. H. Burnside, at the Bijou Theatre and the Grand Opera House for about a month, with Mabel Gillman as Yvette Millet, having run for 86 performances from November 10, 1902 to June 8, 1903.







Sunday, 27 October 2002

Alt-Heidelberg written by by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, in October 1902

Some scenes from Alt-Heidelberg (first performed in 1901) written by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862 - 1934), and produced in October 1902. This play was his major international success and became one of the most performed plays in Germany during the first half of the 20th century.



Act II, Scene 12

Act II, Scene 12

Act II, Scene 9
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Thursday, 24 October 2002

Some scenes from Monsieur Beaucaire, a romantic comedy in four acts. In collaboration with Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Tarkington adapted it as a play, which was produced at the Comedy Theatre, from 25 October 1902, with 430 performances.

Some scenes from Monsieur Beaucaire, a romantic comedy in four acts. In collaboration with Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Tarkington adapted it as a play, which was produced at the Comedy Theatre, 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





   



Saturday, 21 September 2002

La Mort de Tintagiles (1894) written by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) and produced at the Opéra Comique, Paris in 1902

   Scenes from La Mort de Tintagiles (The Death of Tintagiles, published in 1894) written by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) and produced at  the Opéra Comique, Paris, in 1902

   The play was successfully produced by the Theater Studio of the Moscow Art Theater, under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold, in 1905. 


Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

Act 3

Act 4







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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, 30 July 2002

Many scenes from The Man of Forty (a play in four acts) written by Walter Frith (1856-1941), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1900.

   Many scenes from The Man of Forty (a play in four acts) written by the English authour Walter Frith (1856-1941), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1900.
   First performed at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on 27 October, 1898, and the revised version by George Alexander at the 28 March - 6 July 1900 at the St James Theatre, London.







(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 19th, 1900)




1900 LONDON St James's Man of Forty Irving Villain Julie Opp Alexander

   This play was then produced in the USA by Daniel Frohman at Daly's Theatre, New York, playing from 26 November to 20 December, 1900. 
   The Man Of Forty : "A Modern Play" by Walter Frith. Produced by Daniel Frohman's Company at Daly's Theatre (NYC - 1900) starring John Mason, Edward Morgan, William Courtenay, Grant Stewart, Hilda Spong, Cecelia Loftus, Alison Skipworth, etc.