Androcles and the Lion written by George Bernard Shaw and premiered at St. James's Theatre, London, in 1913

   Two scenes from Androcles and the Lion (A Christian is saved by his devotion to an animal) written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and premiered at St. James's Theatre, London, on 1 September 1913. 

   The play, directed by Harley Granville-Barker, opened at the St James's Theatre, London, on 1 September 1913. It ran for 66 performances.

The Emperor places his foot on the lion's head

Androcles returns from the arena arm-in-arm with the lion

Final scene, 1913 premiere

Androcles (O. P. Heggie) and the Lion (Edward Sillward): 1913 premiere

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The Turning Point produced at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1912

A scene from The Turning Point (originally a book by Peter Le Marchant) produced at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1912, starring Sir George Alexander as Lieutenent Colonel Felt alonside Ethe Irving as Monique.

TheTurning Point is a book by Peter Le Marchant (Translated from the play by Henry Kistemaeckers). 

The Great Adventure written by Arnold Bennett and opened at the Kingsway Theatre, London, under the direction of Granville Barker, in 1913

   A scene from The Great Adventure (A Play of Fancy in Four Acts, 1913) written by the English playwright Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931) and opened at the Kingsway Theatre, London, under the direction of Granville Barker, in March 1913, starring Henry Ainley, Guy Rat Bone,  Claude King and Owen Mansel. It opened at the Kingsway Theatre, London on 25 March 1913, having run for 674 performances. A Broadway production in October 1913 ran for 52 performances. 

   Bennett had published a novel called Buried Alive in 1908, which he adapted for the theatre as The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts. The play depicts the complications that ensue when a famous artist adopts the persona of his dead valet to escape his unwelcome celebrity.

The Malingerer (pantomime) produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, in 1913

Some scenes from The Malingerer (pantomime) produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, in 1913.

Joseph and his Brethren written by Louis N. Parker and produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre, London, with costumes by Percy Macquoid, in 1913 and 1914

   A scene from Joseph and his Brethren, written by the British playwright Louis N. Parker (1852 –  1944) and, produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852 - 1917) at His Majesty's Theatre, London, with costumes by Percy Macquoid, in 1913 and 1914.

   The play was first produced by Liebler & Company and staged by the author and Frederick Stanhope, with sets by Gates & Morange and incidental music by Arthur Farwell. It starred Brandon Tynan, with Pauline Frederick, Howard Kyle, and James O'Neill. It had its Broadway première in January 1913, running through April 1913 for 124 performances.

"Joseph and His Brethren." (The World's News (Sydney)  Saturday, January 31, 1914,  Page 5.

BY A RECENT mail came the news that "Joseph and His Brethren" had at Christmas time reached its 150th performance at His Majesty's Theatre, London. Sir Herbert Tree

had, moreover, fixed a series of special matinees suitable for children for the month of January, while the big pageant play was going so strongly that the revival of "The Darling of the Gods," which was to follow it, remained quite indefinite as regards the date of

its re-production. This remarkable and effective play is to be staged at the Theatre

Royal, Melbourne, on February 14. The members of the company who are to perform it

arrived this week by the Otway, and include Miss Ethel Warwick, Miss Dorothy Witaker,

Miss Nancy Girling, Miss Eva Moss, Messrs Malcolm Tearle, who plays Joseph, Edward

O'Neill, Frank Harvey, Hodgson Taylor, and Cecil King, who, in addition to directing the

whole production, is cast also, for the part of the baker.

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Diplomacy (an 1878 English play which is a translation and adaptation by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott of the 1877 French play Dora by Victorien Sardou (1831 – 1908), and produced at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1913.

Scenes from  Diplomacy (an 1878 English play which is a translation and adaptation by B. C. Stephenson and Clement Scott of the 1877 French play Dora by Victorien Sardou (1831 – 1908), and produced at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1913.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, April 19th, 1913, "The Revival of Sardou's "Diplomacy," at Wyndham's Theatre."

   a- Dora's wedding day.- The mingled wrath and grief of the innocent bride, Dora (Miss Gladys Cooper), after her husband has accused her on their wedding day of being a spy and of having endeavoured to ruin his career.

   b- Henru Beauclerc (Mr. Gerald du Maurier) smelling the scent on the Government document which had been stolen.  It is by the unusual character of this scent that he exonerates Dora and tracks down the real villain, Countess Zicka.

   c- Countess Zicka, (Miss Ellis Jeffreys) secretly passing to her confederate, Baron Stein (Mr. Norman Forbes), the portrait of Count Orloff, which she has stolen from Dora's album, an act which further adds to the appearance of Dora's guilt.

   d- Miss Ellis Jeffreys as the Countess Zicka, a spy, who thinks herself more sinned against than sinning.

   e- Clearing up the muddle.- Dora and her mother, the Marquise de Rio-Zares (Miss Annie Schletter), recalling their movements at the time when the plan of the fortress of Gibraltar was stolen from the deed-box of Dora's husband, Julian ;  this examination by Julian's brother Henry (Mr. Gerald du Maurier) fastens the guilt on the Countess Zika, who is soon after trapped into a confession.

Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, written by Percy MacKaye, and first performed in 1913 at the Meriden, New Hampshire Bird Sanctuary.

 Scenes from Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, written by the American dramatist Percy MacKaye (1875–1956), and first performed in 1913 at the Meriden, New Hampshire Bird Sanctuary.

Sanctuary, A Bird Masque

Juliet Barrett Rublee as a dancer for The Masque, 1914

Juliet Barrett Rublee as Tacita the dryad, in a 1913 rehearsal for Sanctuary, A Bird Masque

Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club 

Scene from Sanctuary: A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club sanctuary dedication in New Hampshire