Bought and Paid For (a Drama in Four Acts) written by George Broadhurst, and performed at the Princess Theatre, New York City, under the direction of William C. deMille, in 1911.

Scenes from Bought and Paid For (a Drama in Four Acts) written by the Anglo-American theatre owner and playwright George Broadhurst (1866 – 1952), and performed at the Princess Theatre, New York City, under the direction of  William C. deMille, in 1911.

Act IV, Bought and Paid For at Princess Theatre, 1911

This comedy drama by George H. Broadhurst opened on 26 September 1911 and ran for 431 performances at New York s Playhouse.

The Mousmé; or The Maids of Japan, performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 9 September 1911.

Scenes from The Mousmé; or The Maids of Japan, performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 9 September 1911.

The Mousmé; or The Maids of Japan is an Edwardian musical comedy in three acts with a book by Alexander M. Thompson and Robert Courtneidge, lyrics by Arthur Wimperis and Percy Greenbank and music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot, premiered in 1911 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. The musical was next staged in Tokyo (at the Tokyo Imperial Theater), and in Yokohama and Osaka, Japan, in 1912.

 The Mouseme at the Shaftesbury Theatre

Miyo Ko San (Miss Cicely Courtneidge) enters the Teahouse of Sweet Content an sings "Inquisitive Gentlemen"

Miss Cicely Courtneige as Miyo Ko San in Geisha dress, and Miss Florence Smithson as O Hana San

A quartette of Geisha in the Teahouse of Sweet Content in Tokyo. — Reading from left to right are Misses Gladys Miles, May Etheridge, Sheila Hayes, and Violet Morene.

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Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on September 5, 1911, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the title role of Macbeth and Violet Vanbrugh as Lady Macbeth

   A scene from Macbeth written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on September 5, 1911, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the title role of Macbeth and Violet Vanbrugh as Lady Macbeth.

   The London Shakespeare Festival began June 21, 1909, at His Majesty’s Theatre. The festival ran for two weeks with The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth.

The Marionettes (Les Marionnettes, 1910) written by Pierre Wolff and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1911 or 1912

A scene from The Marionettes (Les Marionnettes, 1910) written by the French playwright Pierre Wolff (1865 - 1944) and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1911 or 1912

Preserving Mr. Panmure written by Arthur Wing Pinero and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1911.

A scene from Preserving Mr. Panmure written by the English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero (1855 - 1934) and produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, from 19th January to 15th April 1911, starring Arthur Playfair as the title role.

Cast & Crew

Alfred Hebblethwaite M.P. Edmund Maurice

Brabner Frederick Culley

Dulcie Anstice Marguerite Leslie

Grant Lewis Fielder

Hugh Loring Rupert Lumley

Josepha Quarendon Marie Löhr

Kitts Lance George

Miss Stulkeley Ada Ferrar

Mrs Hebblethwaite Kate Serjeantson

Mrs Panmure Lilian Braithwaite

Myrtle Iris Hawkins

Rt Hon Reginald Stulkeley M.P. Dawson Milward

St John Panmure J.P. Arthur Playfair

Talbot Woodhouse Dion Boucicault (Jr)

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Ready Money written by James Montgomery and produced at the New Theatre, London, in 1911 to 1912

Scenes from Ready Money (a comedy in three acts) written by James Montgomery and produced at the New Theatre, London, in 1911 to 1912, starring Allan Aynesworth,  Hilda Antony, Kenneth Douglas, and Miss May Whitty.

A scene from Ready Money,  New Theatre, August 1912

Mr Kenneth Douglas and Miss Hilda Anthony as Step

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The First Actress (one-act play about Margaret Hughes) produced by the Pioneer Players, at the Kingsway Theatre, London, in 1911

   A scene from The First Actress (one-act play about Margaret Hughes) produced by the Pioneer Players, at the Kingsway Theatre, London, in 1911, starring Auriol Lee as Madame Vestris and Ellen Terry as Nell Gwyn.

   The First Actress was initially directed by Edith Craig (1869-1947), daughter of revered actress Ellen Terry (1847-1928), as part of the Pioneer Players' inaugural London season in 1911. This forward-looking work, written by Christopher St. John (Christabel Marshall, 1871-1960), compounded the argument for women's suffrage with the history of women on the stage. 

   Set on the stage of Drury Lane in 1661, the play opens at the curtain call of a production of Othello with Margaret Hughes, possibly the first woman to play Desdemona following Charles II’s edict allowing women to play all female roles instead of boys (standard practice in England prior to the Restoration). Hughes, feeling defeated by her performance, falls fitfully asleep backstage, and the actresses of her future, including Nell Gwyn (1650 - 1687) played by Ellen Terry in the original 1911 production, counter her self-defeat with examples of their own successes.

(Left to right) Photograph of Ellen Terry and Edith Craig