The Passing of the Third Floor Back written by erome K. Jerome (1859 – 1927), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in August 1908.

   The Passing of the Third Floor Back written by the English writer Jerome K. Jerome (1859 – 1927), and performed at  the St. James's Theatre, London, in August 1908.
   The play was first seen at the Harrogate Opera House on 13 August 1908, and after some revision it opened at the St James's Theatre, London on 1 September, with the cast unchanged.

The Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome k. Jerome, with Johnston Forbes-Robinson (1853 – 1937) and Gertrude Elliott (1874-1950). London. Cover of Play Pictorial, 1908.

The Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome K. Jerome Play souvenir of the production at St James Theatre with Forbes-Robertson and Gertrude Elliott

1908 play – theatre cast:

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as The Stranger; Alice Crawford as Vivian; Gertrude Elliott as Stasia; Ian Robertson as Major Tompkins; Mr.H.Marsh Allen as Christopher Penny; Haidee Wright as Miss Kite; Wilfred Foster as Mr.Harry Larcom; Kate Bishop as Mrs.De Hooley; Agnes Thomas as Mrs.Sharp; Edward Sass as John Samuels;

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Some scenes from The Masqueraders (a play in four acts) witten by Henry Arthur Jones (1851 -1929), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, Kings Street, London, probably in June, 1894,

Some scenes from The Masqueraders (a new and original play in four acts) witten by the  English dramatist Henry Arthur Jones (1851 -1929), who wrote over 40 plays in his time including such successful plays as ‘Mrs Dane’s Defence’ and ‘The Dancing Girl’, and performed at the St. James's Theatre, Kings Street, London, probably in June, 1894, starring Mr. George Alexander, Mr Herbert Waring, Mr H. V. Esmond, Mr A. Vane-Tempest, Miss Irene Vanbrugh, etc.

"The Sketch, June 27th, 1894," showing the Following Four Quarter Page Photographs for The Masqueraders, at the St. James's Theatre.

      a- Mr. H. V. Esmond (Eddie Remon).

      b- Miss Irene Vanbrugh and Mr. Elliot (Montagu Lushington).

      c- Miss Irene Vanbrugh (Charley Wishanger) and Mr. H. Waring (Sir Brice Skene).

      d- Miss Beryl Faber (Lady Clarice Reindean), Mr. Elliot, and Miss Irene Vanbrugh.

Mrs Saker (left) in The Masqueraders, 1894

Miss Granville as Helen Larondie in The Masqueraders at the St. James's Theatre. 1894

Photograph of George Alexander as David Remon in The Masqueraders, St James's Theatre

George Alexander in the Masqueraders at St James's Theatre, 1894

 

Some scenes from The Tree of Knowledge written by Henry James (1843 – 1916), and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1897.

   Some scenes from The Tree of Knowledge written by  the American-British author Henry James (1843 – 1916), and produced at the St. James's Theatre, in 1897.
   The Tree of Knowledge first appeared in the volume of short stories published under the collective title The Soft Side in 1900 – a remarkably productive year for Henry James.

(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 6th, 1897)

Photographic portrait of the actress Constance Collier (1878-1955) as Belle in the Tree of Knowledge, at St James's Theatre, London Stereoscopic Company, 1897.

Fay Davis as Monica Blayne in The Tree of Knowledge, St. James’s Theatre, London, 1897

Principal characters

Peter Brench bachelor (50) and ‘writer’

Morgan Mallow his friend, a sculptor

Mrs Mallow Mallow’s wife

Lance (Lancelot) their son

Egidio their Italian footman

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A scene from "Gesellschaft" by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced in Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, starring Hugo Thimig, Aurel Nowotny, Richard Romanowsky and Carl Goetz, in 1925.

A scene from  "Gesellschaft" by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced in  Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria, starring Hugo Thimig, Aurel Nowotny, Richard Romanowsky and Carl Goetz,  in 1925.

Two scenes from Exiled (An Evolutionary Comedy in Three Acts) written by John Galsworthy (1867- 1933), and published and performed in 1929.

Two scenes from Exiled (An Evolutionary Comedy in Three Acts) written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867- 1933), and published  and performed in 1929.

Exiled, 1929. Mr East, left, was played by J. H. Roberts, and Joan Mazer, right, was played by Jean Shepeard. The Play vol. 55, no. 329

Exiled  1929. Titlepage with Edmund Gwenn (1877-1957, right) and Lewis Casson (1875-1969, left). The Play vol. 55, no. 329,

Some scenes from The Triumph of the Philistines written by Henry Arthur Jones (1851 – 1929), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1895.

Some scenes from The Triumph of the Philistines written by the English dramatist Henry Arthur Jones (1851 – 1929), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1895.

Some scenes from The Wisdom of the Wise written by John Oliver Hobbes (1867 – 1906), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1901.

Some scenes from The Wisdom of the Wise written by the Anglo-American dramatist John Oliver Hobbes (1867 – 1906), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, in 1901.

(The illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 12th, 1901)