Drama Collection (page 11)

The Beauty of Bath, by Hicks and Hamilton
The Beauty of Bath by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, with music by H E Haines, George Dances Company. First produced at the Aldwych Theatre, London, March 1906

Banished from Home, by Emma Litchfield
Banished From Home, by Emma Litchfield. First produced at the Britannia Theatre, May 1911. Nell, the gypsy heroine, looks back at her caravan for the last time, before leaving for London in despair

The Balkan Princess, by Frederick Lonsdale & Frank Curzon
The Balkan Princess, the musical comedy success, by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon, with music by Paul Rubens. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, February 1910

Baby Mine, by Margaret Mayo, first produced in England at the Criterion Theatre, London, February 1911. This version was for the Vaudeville Theatre, where it transferred in May 1911. Date: 1911

Back Home in Tennessee, by Mrs F G Kimberley, WW1
Back Home in Tennessee, by Mrs F G Kimberley. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester, November 1916, then the Elephant & Castle Theatre, London

At Dutys Call, by Fred C Harcourt, touring to various theatres, including the Gaiety Theatre, West Hartlepool. Other plays by Harcourt are mentioned: The Patriot, Jeanne d Arc, Enlisted

At War With Women, by Frank Bateman, first produced at the Metropolitan Theatre, Manchester, July 1902, then at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, June 1903

Betty in Mayfair, by J Hastings Turner, from his play The Lilies of the Field (Ambassadors Theatre, June 1923), with music by H Fraser-Simpson

Evelyn Laye in Betty in Mayfair, by J Hastings Turner
Evelyn Laye (1900-1996), English actress and singer, at the time she was appearing in the musical Betty in Mayfair at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in November 1925

Biddy, by Laurence Cowen
Biddy by Laurence Cowen (or Cohen). First produced at the Fortune Theatre, Covent Garden, London, December 1926. The title character depicted here is an Irish girl, as the shamrock suggests

Bethlehem, music drama by Rutland Boughton
Bethlehem, a music drama by Rutland Boughton. First produced at the Regent Theatre, Kings Cross, London, December 1923. An adaptation of the Coventry mystery play of the nativity, set to music

Are You The Man? by Frank Price, first produced at the Opera House, Buxton, March 1909. A New Drama of Romance and Mystery. Showing a pointing policeman (sergeant). Date: 1909

The Water King in the Silver Palace. early 19th century

Cartoon, Mr Punch painting a portrait of Shakespeare
Cartoon -- Don t you think it is just a little out of drawing, Mr Burnand? Showing Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) as Mr Punch, painting a portrait of Shakespeare

Cartoon, Hamilton Aide, writer, artist and composer
Cartoon, Charles Hamilton Aide (1826-1906), French-born writer, artist and composer -- described here as All-Round Talent. 1884

Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, Pinero
Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, with a caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, whose play, The Rocket

Theatre Characters - Drama. 19th century

Cartoon, G F Rowe, American playwright
Cartoon of the American playwright, G F Rowe -- Yankee Freedom. 1883

Turkish Children act out an Ottoman History Drama Stage Play. Date: circa 1909

Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine - The Lunacharsky Sevastopol Academic Theatre of Drama (founded in 1911) on the waterfront at the end of Primorsky boulevard

The Bells by Leopold Lewis at the Lyceum Theatre
Scene from the play The Bells by Leopold Lewis at the Lyceum Theatre: the apparition of the Polish Jew. Henry Irving plays Mathias, Burgomaster of Alsace

Miss Heath in the role of Jane Shore
Miss Heath (1835-1887), actress, in the role of Jane Shore (title role of a play by W G Wills). circa 1880s

Old Batchelor benefit performance for Joe Miller
The Old Batchelor, benefit performance for Joe Miller at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Joseph Miller (1684-1738) was an English actor who first played Sir Joseph Whittol in William Congreves

Sir Henry Irving in The Bells
Sir Henry Irving in the role of Mathias in The Bells, a melodrama by Leopold Lewis. circa 1870s

Henry Irving as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
Henry Irving as Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice. circa 1879

Henry Irving as Mephistopheles in Faust by W G Wills, adapted from Goethes play. circa 1885

King John - title page - Arthur pleads with Hubert not to kill him. 1862

King Lear - title page - Lear and Cordelia. 1862

Henry VI Part I - title page - Talbot and the Countess of Auvergne. 1862

Henry VI Part II - title page - Jack Cade, rebel leader. 1862

Henry V - title page - with his army in France. 1862

Henry V - army on horseback. 1862

Henry IV Part I - title page - Falstaff and Prince Hal. 1862

Coriolanus - title page - with Volumnia, Virgilia and Young Martius. 1862

The Comedy of Errors - title page - exorcism scene. 1862

As You Like It - title page - Phoebe and Silvius, shepherdess and shepherd. 1862

Alls Well That Ends Well - Bertram, Count of Rousillon. 1862

Alls Well That Ends Well - title page - the blindfolded Parolles gives away military and other secrets. 1862

The Winters Tale - title page - the abandoned baby Perdita is found. 1862

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