Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Le Carnaval des enfants written by Saint-Georges de Bouhélier and directed by Pitef? at the Théâtre des Arts, Paris, on November 25, 1910

A scene from the play Le Carnaval des enfants (The Children's Carnivalwritten by the French playwright Saint-Georges de Bouhélier (1876-1947) and directed by Pitef? at the Théâtre des Arts, Paris, on November 25, 1910.



"Il obtint son plus grand succès avec Le Carnaval des enfants, pièce créée au Théâtre des Arts en 1910, et jouée par la suite à l'Odéon et à la Comédie-Française."


Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Little Women, performed as Theatre Advertising Show, at the Majestic Theatre, Boston, around 1910.

   A scene from Little Women, performed as Theatre Advertising Show, at the Majestic Theatre, Boston, around 1910. 

   Little Women is a classic American novel written by Boston author Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888). It tells the story of four sisters as they come of age during the American Civil War in Boston. 

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, Boston


Little Women, Jo Sacrifices Her Hair, Playhouse Theatre NYC


Thursday, 2 September 2010

Nobody's Daughter written by George Paston and produced in London, in 1910

A scene from Nobody's Daughter (A play in four acts), written by the British playwright George Paston (1860 - 1936) and produced at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, on September 3, 1910, featuring Sydney Valentine, Gerald Du Maurier and Lillian Braithwaite (1873 - 1948).



Sydney Valentine, Gerald Du Maurier and Lillian Braithwaite in George Paston's 'Nobody's Daughter'



Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Henry VIII (All Is True) written by the English playwright William Shakespeare and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree, in 1910

Scenes from Henry VIII (All Is True) written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1910, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree (English actor and theatre manager, 1852 - 1917) and Violet Vanbrugh. Tree's longest-running revival, Henry VIII, ran for a sensational 254 consecutive performances from September 1, 1910 to April 8, 1911.









Passers By written by C. Haddon Chambers produced at Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1910 - 1911

   Scenes from Passers By written by the Australia-born dramatist C. Haddon Chambers (1860 – 1921), and produced at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1910 to 1911.

   New York Times : 1911/04/16 ·WORK BY HADDON CHAMBERS.; " Passers-By," Produced at Wyndham ...   Miss Irene Vanbrugh and Mr. Gerald Du Maurier are the principal players in Passers-By," a four-act play by C. Haddon Chambers, which has been well received at Wyndham's Theatre.






1910 Gerald du Maurier in  Passers By Mayer Wyndhams Theatre






Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Ivanhoe written by the Scottish playwright Sir Walter Scott and produced in 1910, starring Charles Garry & Dora Barton

   Some scenes from Ivanhoe written by the Scottish playwright Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) and produced in 1910, starring Charles Garry and Dora Barton (1880 - 1966). This perforemance may be the one stated below.

   The Beecham Opera Company's first Covent Garden Season (1910) in A Mingled Chime by Sir Thomas Beecham.  The programme was made up of Electra, A Village Romeo and Juliet, Ivanhoe, Tristan und Isolde, The Wreckers, Carmen, Hänsel und Gretel, and L'Enfant Prodigue.

   Afterwards, apart from two performances in Sir Thomas Beecham's 1910 season at the Royal Opera House, Ivanhoe disappeared from the professional repertory, except for a week of performances in New York City at the Park Theatre by The Society of American Singers in 1919. The opera was broadcast twice on BBC Radio in 1929, with the London Wireless Orchestra conducted by Percy Pitt, who had conducted the 1910 performances.







Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and produced with Frank Benson as Macbeth, Constance Benson as Lady Macbeth, and Murray Carrington as Banquo, in 1910

A scene from Macbeth written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced with Frank Benson as Macbeth, Constance Benson as Lady Macbeth, and Murray Carrington as Banquo, in 1910.