The Sho Gun (A Comic Opera in Two Acts), written by George Ade and composed by Gustav Luders, and performed at the Grand Opera House, Seattle on December 24, 1905.

   Scenes from The Sho Gun (A Comic Opera in Two Acts), written by George Ade and composed by Gustav Luders, and performed at the Grand Opera House, Seattleon, December 24, 1905, starring William C. Weeden and Agnes Cain Brown.

  The Sho-Gun (Musical, Comedy, Opera) opened in New York City Oct 10, 1904 and played through Jan 21, 1905.

   The play is set on the fictional Korean island of Ka-Choo, the plot revolves around the arrival of William Henry Spangle, an American businessman, amidst the serene, tradition-bound island ruled by Sho-Gun Flai-Hai.

Salome, first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 9 December 1905.

   Scenes from Salome, first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 9 December 1905.

   "Salome" premiered at Dresden's Königliches Opernhaus on this day in 1905; based on Oscar Wilde's play "Salomé," the Richard Strauß opera shocked audiences at the time; here's Teresa Stratas in the finale ("Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen")

Chavanne, Burrian and Witchch

Karel Burian, moving to Dresden, and created role of Herod in Salome, 1905

Major Barbara written by George Bernard Shaw and premiered at the Court Theatre, London, on November 28, 1905

   Scenes from Major Barbara (a three-act English play) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and premiered at the Court Theatre, London, on November 28, 1905.

   The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the Salvation Army in London. For many years, Barbara and her siblings have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who now reappears as a rich and successful munitions maker. 

   Major Barbara, social satire in three acts by George Bernard Shaw, performed in 1905 and published in 1907, in which Shaw mocked religious hypocrisy and the complicity of society in its own ills.

Annie Russell as Barbara, Oswalde Yorke, Clare Greet as Rummy Mitchens, Doroty Minto as Jenny

Louis Calvert as Andrew Undershaft and Harley Granville-Barker as Adolphus Cusins in Major Barbara (1905)

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Pelléas et Mélisande written by Maurice Maeterlinck and produced at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, in November 1905

Scenic designs by Lucien Jusseaume (French painter, 1861 - 1925) for Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande, 5-act-opera with music by Claude Debussy, 1892) written by the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) and produced at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, in November 1905.

act 1, scene 2

act 2, scene 1

act 2, scene 3

act 3, scene 4

1902 poster, painted by Georges Rochegrosse

The Duffer written by Weedon Grossmith (1854-1919), and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, from around November 16, 1905.

   Scenes from The Duffer written by the English playwright Weedon Grossmith (1854-1919), and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, from around November 16, 1905.

  One of his plays, The Duffer, was about students at the Royal Academy, which was successful and enjoyed a Royal Command Performance.

(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 9th, 1905)

Weedon Grossmith His Play Duffer Robert Iles David Wilson 1905

 

‘The Duffer’, Mr. Weedon Grossmith, November 16, 1905 

La Marche nuptiale (1905) written by Henry Bataille (1872-1922), and produced at Théâtre du Vaudeville in 1905

A scene from La Marche nuptiale (1905) written by the French playwright, Henry Bataille (1872-1922), and produced at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, on October 27, 1905.

Act III

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Greven av Antwerpen (The Count of Antwerp), performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1905.

Scenes from the play Greven av Antwerpen (The Count of Antwerp), performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1905.

Gösta Hillberg as Aubert, Anders de Wahl as Gonthier and Astri Torsell as Aymelotte in Greven av Antwerpen, Svenska teatern 1905. 

Astri Torsell as Aymelotte, Anders de Wahl as Gonthier, Bror Olsson as Läkaren and Lina Sandell as Yseult

John Riégo as Perceval, Einar Fröberg as Kungen, Anders de Wahl as Gonthier and Gösta Hillberg as Aubert in Greven av Antwerpen at Svenska teatern 1905.