Some scenes from A Woman Of No Importance written by Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1907, running for 45 performances.

   Some scenes from A Woman Of No Importance written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900),  and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1907, running for 45 performances.
   After its first run in London, the play went on tour around Britain in late 1893. Lewis Waller played Lord Illingworth in this tour. The play returned to London's West End in 1907, staged again by Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre. Tree once again played Illingworth, and Marion Terry played Mrs. Arbuthnot. This production ran for 45 performances.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 8th, 1907, "A Woman of No Importance" at His Hajesty's Theatre.

   1- Mr. Tree as Lord Illingworth.

   2- Miss Kate Bichop as Lady Caroline Pontefract.

   3- Mr. Edmund Maurice as the Ven. James Daubeny, D. D.

   4- Miss Kate Cutler as Lady Stutfield.

   5- Miss Ellis Jeffreys as Mrs. Allenby.

   6- Miss Viola Tree as the young American Girl, Hester Worsley, with her lover Gerald Arbuthnot (Mr. Charles Quartermaine).

   7- Miss Marion Terry as Mrs. Arbuthnot, Lord Illingworth's Victim.

Viola Tree (Hester Worsley) and Charles Quartermaine (Gerald Arbuthnot), 1907 revival at His Majesty's

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A scene from A Woman Of No Importance written by Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and produced at the Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, from December 11, 1893 to Jannury 1, 1894,.

A scene from A Woman Of No Importance written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and produced at the Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, NY, from December 11, 1893 to Jannury 1, 1894, starring Maurice Barrymore and Rose Coghlan.

MB: American actor, 21 September 1849 – 26 March 1905. 
RC: Irish actress, 18 March 1851 - 2 April 1932. 

New York Times: Her Capable and Sincere Acting in the New Play by Oscar Wilde, "A "Woman of No Importance," at the Fifth Avenue Theatre -- Maurice Barrymore's Lamentable Inefficiency -- "Zamar," a...

Three scenes from The Eighteenth Century performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1907.

Three scenes from The Eighteenth Century performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1907.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, August 17th, 1907,  "The Eighteenth Century" at the St. James's Theatre.

   a- To-day and To-morrow,  1906.- Miss Grace Lane,as Stacey Trevor-Coke (an heiress),  and Mr. Edward Compton as the ninth Earl of Laidlaw.- "Where did you get this?"  "It belonged to someone i I loved."

   b- Yesterday, 1745.- Miss Grace Lane as Anastasia Coke, and Mr. Henry Ainley as Ensign Rupert Trevor.- "Forgive your penitent and most devoted lover." 

   c- The end of Act II.  (1745).- Mr. Henry Ainley as Ensign Rupert Trevor- lying on ground- and Mr. Compton as Lord Laidlaw-bending over him.-"Take those eyes away."

Two scenes from The Conquerors (a drama in four acts) written by Paul M. Potter (1853 – 1921), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1898.

   Two scenes from The Conquerors (a drama in four acts) written by the American playwright Paul M. Potter (1853 – 1921), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1898.

   The Conquerors is a drama in four acts by Paul M. Potter. The play premiered on Broadway on January 4, 1898 at the Empire Theatre in a performance by the Empire Stock Company.  Initial critical reaction to the work was harsh; with the New York press dismissing the work as "immoral" and a "deliberate endeavor to pander to debased tastes". It was rapidly withdrawn with the intent of rewriting the work's final act. The play was reworked and opened to better reception; becoming one of the hits of the season. It was performed in London at the St James's Theatre in 1898.

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Some scenes from The Bat written by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876 – 1958) and Avery Hopwood (1882 – 1928), and directed by Colin Kemper at the St. James's Theatre, London, from 4th March to 9th March, 1922.

   Some scenes from The Bat (a three-act play) written by the American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876 – 1958)  and the American playwright Avery Hopwood (1882 – 1928), first produced by Lincoln Wagenhals and Collin Kemper in 1920, and then directed by Colin Kemper at the St. James's Theatre, London, from 4th March to 9th March, 1922. 

   The story combines elements of mystery and comedy as Cornelia Van Gorder and guests spend a stormy night at her rented summer home, searching for stolen money they believe is hidden in the house, while they are stalked by a masked criminal known as "the Bat". 

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News,  February 25th, 1922, "The Bat," at the St. James's Theatre.

1- Whet may not lurk hidden in even a harmless-looking roll of bread?

    (Mr. Arthur Wontner, Mr. Claude Rains, and Miss Nora Swinburne.)

2- The frightened maid points out some fresh terror to her mistress.

    (Miss Eva Moore and Miss Drusilla Wills.)

3- Fear!  Weird noises, mysterious telephone calls, lights suddenly extinquished.  The houshold exploring the latest phenomena.

Photograph of a scene from Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood's play, The Bat, St James's Theatre, 1922, signed by the subjects. The cast includes Eva Moore and Claude Rains.

THEATRE Scenes from 'The Bat' at St James's Theatre, 1922

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Some scenes from Lorrimer Sabastin, written by Mr. R.C. Caton (1853 – 1928), and was performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1909.

Some scenes from Lorrimer Sabastin, Dramatist written by the English actor and playwright Mr. R.C. Caton (born Richard Claude Critchett, 1853 – 1928), and  was performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1909.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, November 20th 1909,  "Lorrimer Sabastin, Dramatist," by Mr. R.C. Caton, at the St. James's Theatre. 

a- Miss Beryl Faber as Lady Cheynley, a Lady with a "brute of a husband," and Mr. George Alexander as the sympathetic Lorrimer Sabiston.

b- Mr. George Alexander as Lorrimer Sabastin, and Miss Rosalie Toller as Alida, his daughter.

c- Mr. Godfrey Tearle as Noel Darcus, the young author who produces Sabiston's "advanced" play, "One Law for the Woman," as his own, and Miss Beryl Faber as Lady Cheynley, with whom he elopes.

Five scenes from John Chilcote, M.P. written by Katherine Cecil Thurston, and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1905.

Five scenes from John Chilcote, M.P. written by the female Irish novelist Katherine Cecil Thurston (1874 –  1911), and performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1905.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 27th, 1905, "John Chilcote, M.P.," at the St. James's Theatre.

1- The nerve -shattered John Chilcote, the famous politician, is a victim to drug-taking, and has arranged with John Loder, who is poor, healthy, and exactly like Chilcote in person, that Loder should take his place in society, parliament, &c., and so save him from efforts to which he is unequal.

2- John Loder, on taking up his duties, faces Chilcote's Secretary without the latter's knowing him from his real employer.  Loder is seen attempting to understand the entries in Chilcote's diary without arousing the secretary's suspicion.

3- Loder with Mr. Chilcote (Miss Miriam Clements) after the latter has discovered the deception practised on her.

4- Loder is after all found out by Lady Astrupp (Miss Marion Terry), through a scar on his finger, received in old days from her Ladyship's dog.

5- Chilcote soon falls a victim to his drugs, and leaves Loder to hope for the hand of Mrs. Chilcote, whom he has grown to love while impersonating her husband.

Mr. George Alexander plays both as Loder and Chilcote, excepting where, both men have to be on the stage together, when Mr. W. J. Thorold takes the "double."

   John Chilcote, M.P. was adapted for the stage by American playwright John Hunter Booth and opened on Broadway in 1917.