CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THIS BOOK IS ONE OF A COLLECTION MADE BY BENNO LOEWY 1854-1919 AND BEQUEATHED TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY Cornell University Library PN 2285.129 Illustrated AnifliSVimmiilniiii 3 1924 027 264 104 ...,...> DATE DUE ifASit: WtM-P CAVLORO PRINTeO IN U 5 A Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924027264104 THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN STAGE THE ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN STAGE A PICTORIAL REVIEW OF THE MOST NOTABLE RECENT THEATRICAL SUCCESSES, TOGETHER WITH MANY DRAWINGS AND PORTRAITS OF CELEBRATED PLAYERS NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL, Publisher 1901 .)|;.WtfJ. 'tV.(-fvgETY ! ' '■ U /• K Y U'T^ HIS volume, preserving as it does in elegant manner and form the great scenes which the foremost players of our time have touched with the power and splendor oi their genius, will confer some degree of permanency upon the fame their triumphs have brought them." -^Ai^ "^l^^-^^/w-Kv^ .'^^ •i t,y\f Pictorial L'Aiglon MAUDE ADAMS N L'AIGLON A Drama, in Five Acts, by Edmond Rostand Adapted into Englisii by Louis N. Parker A PICTORIAL SOUVENIR PUBLISHED WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF MR. CHARLES FROHMAN NEW YORK R : H : RUSSELL : PUBLISHER 1901 COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL "yours, no doubt, sir. favor me: your hat!' 'I'VE MADE good PROGRESS WITH MY HISTORY!" "if I BEAR BLOOD OF KINGS, LET ME BE BLEd!" THEY SAY YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR FATHER S HISTORY. ' FAREWELL TO DREAMS OF EMPIRE ! ' I'VE LEARNT WHOLE CHAPTERS FOR TO-DAY ! " 'they're all become good frenchmen!' ' PROMISE YOU LL NEVER FLY UNTIL YOU VE TRIED YOUR UTMOST WITH IIIM." THE SIGNAL ! " VOU HAVE HIS HAT, PERHAPS, BUT NQT HIS HEAD ! " ■'YOU CANNOT GAZE INTO THIS GLASS AT NIGHT, B°T a" VOUK KACE WILL GIBBEU AT VOUR BACK. AHA, THANK GOD, THERE WAS A MAN AMONG THEM! i4--i 'thank god! I'm saved! the corsican leapt out!" "l TURN YOU out; FOK ON THE FIELD OF WAGRAM i'M AT HOME ! ' ' HALT ! FRONT TURN ! EYES RIGHT 1 " "I AM THE EXPIATION, ALL WAS NOT PAID AND I COMPLETE THE PRICE.' MARY MANNERING AS JANICE MEREDITH MARY MANNERING AS JANICE MEREDITH ■D'RAMATI^E'D Bj; 'PA\/L LEICESTE'R FO'R'D AJSTTi E'DWA'R'D E. "ROSE The Authorized Souvenir Published by arrangement with MR. FRANK McKEE NEW YORK R„ H. RUSSELL, Publisher 1901 COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL MARY MANNERING JANICE MEREDITH HE pleasant surprise of this theat- rical season is undoubtedly Miss Mary Mannering a.nd the play "Janice Meredith." That this fin- ished a-rtist would score, if her a.uthors gave her proper opportu- nity, u'as at certainty, but she has done more. In one season, atnd that her first ats a. star — she has leaped to a. foremost place a-mong the recognized attractions of Ainerica. A careful study, of the actress and the play, explains these phe- nomena. Miss Mannering is pos- sessed of a most charming personality, a face that shows every emotion and a womanly grace that strikes home to the humanity of her public. Added to this she has a play that demands the expression of every sort of human emotion, for "Janice Meredith" is not w^ritten in one key; it touches the highest point of delicate comedy and sounds deep notes of human tragedy and grief, but all are so mingled, so delicately por- trayed, that the interest never slackens, and it is almost as though one w^ere looking in upon real scenes and real persons. Miss Mannering has done much for the character of Janice, and her authors have earned her thanks for the human quality of their work. 'Philemon, Thou Art a Flirt/ 'Aye, Mummy, I'll to the Churn." "To London ; Nay, I'd Never Go So Far.'' Miss Mannering as "Janice Meredith.' 'l)\ui>.\, Does Thee Love Me?" 'Please, Sir. I'm the Prisoner.'" ■Fie! Charles, You Came to Steal Joggles.' "Now What Hast Thou to Say?" 'Nay, Mummy, Do Not Scold." "My Toast — Success to Washington.'' ■'I Vow, Sir Colonel, You Are Growing in My Regard.' ■I AM Warmly Attached to the Army.'' JOHN DREW AS RICHARD CARVEL wmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmfi John Drew AS Richard Carvel A DRAMATIZATION OF WINSTON CHURCHILL'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME AS PRODUCED AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE NEW YORK Ttiblished tufith the Axithorization of Mr. Charles Frohman NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL, Publisher 1900 COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL "Well, Mistress Witch?" Act I ** You WILL PARDON ME, BUT THE FACES OF YOUR FRIENDS DO NOT BEAR OUT YOUR STATEMENT." AcT I. ** It was to chat with you, Mr. Sobersides !" Act I. 'Look ye there now j who to see them would believe they last met sword in hand?" Act I. ** No, Sir, I'm needed here." Act II. ** We colonists in America can fight." Act II. ** I WARNED you." Act II. -'? r r > "Your good health." Act II. "But never without the thought or you, Dorothv." Act III. ^lJ And Dukz you might be answered thus." Act III. "Aye, Dorothy, for God and our country." Act III. ** It brings back the past, Patty." Act IV "Dorothy, here is the letter, read for yourself." Act IV. . / "Patty, Patty, no noise." Act IV. 'Carvel Hall at last, Captain." Act IV . J H '^''U M: "FOK YOU AND FOR ME." ACT IV. ' With my life, Dorothy, and that's too small a price to pay for such happine Act III. ANNIE RUSSELL IN A ROYAL FAMILY Annie Russell IN A ROYAL FAMILY AS PRODUCED AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE NEW YORK "Published bvilh the 9 Authorization oj^ Mr. Charle-t Frohman NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL. Publisher 1900 COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL ' i i f «»> Y, If ^ THE MEETING BETWEEN PRINCESS ANGELA AND PRINCE VICTOR. Act First HAVE YOU, FATHER ANSELM, EVER BEEN IN LOVE 7 Act First WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, FATHER? Act First AND YOU RISKED ALL THIS TO BID ME QOOD-BYE ! Act Third IF I AT YOUR AQE HAD SPOKEN AS YOU HAVE TO-DAY I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECRETLY POISONED. Act First ^^^^i^:&:->._.f-^/: :-^^A^ r^ — mBJjBffSHK ^'' PVHH^r*"'''^'^ '^^^^^^^KIlfSiF^* ^ ^--^^^^^H ^& j^^HLp ''^^^^^^^^H ^^^^^^^^^^1 ^^H ^^^^^^^^B ^1 .f ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^H "^^^^^^^B'- ' ' '-^^^k ^Hk^ l^H l^^^^^m ^^^BH^^'1^1 ■ / jt^ £^' kI^^^^^^^^^^^^^I 1^1 ^^^^^^^■k '^jn&>*^^g Vb ^^1 •■•illP'*^' .»^^^»«^^^^^S 1^1 UnliifiLwu (^ll'''■ ^- ^'' ■'■ ' -:|^^ ^^-'^ ' ^ —^ W^*!^*'#'; ' \ ■ ■' I' ' -. . J 10' ■ i".' ,'1/ " ■ ■m''v'''-i"''V » > * A ;? ^^ \ J^: ^ 1^1 --x <^' ' ^^■R /. ^Plrll^^^^^Hr iX \ *. '^ 1 / . lilt . 'i' - ■^... . J i 1 ^; ;. li^^J^H^^^^^^Hr^^B^^r fl /f^ ''/^ ^ /r --liinif^^^ » • " MISS MARLOWE AS MARY TUDOR. M/SS MARLOWE AS BARBARA FR I ETCH IE. "■"tWs^PH^ ^^ BARBARA FRIETCHIE AND HER FRIENDS." I ' colinette: i««^ %J^ ■,t f^'' '"'^ ' '/, VDfA LANGUISH." ' CONSTANCE." Ml^^ ^^^^1 ^ II 1 ' .^^j^^l^F^kJ^t^^a^^ ^.iL^^^^^^^^^I 'Beatrice: PARTHENIA. ' IMOGEN: CHATTER TOJV:' valeska:' CHARLES hart: BROTHER OFFICERS " BROTHER OFFICERS.' BROTHER OFFICERS A COMEDY IN THREE ACTS BY LEO TREVOR AS PRODUCED AT THE EMPIRE THEATRE NEW YORK 'Published with the Authotization of Mr. Charles Frohman NEW YORK- R. H. RUSSELL PUBLISHER 1900 Copyright, 1900, by Robert Howakd Russell "I'VE HEARD OF YOU SO OFTEN, MR. HINDS." "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, LADY ROYDON, TO VISIT A PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND TO FIND SOMETHING STRANGELY FAMILIAR IN IT?" "I NEVER KNEW WHAT FRIENDSHIP WAS TILL I MET LANCER — AND YOU." "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO A CELEBRATED BEAR TAMER, IN FUTURE TO BE KNOWN BY THE STYLE AND DESIGNATION OF LADY ROYDON, OF BRUIN." I "I DRINK TO THE HEALTH OF A BRAVE GENTLEMAN AND OUR BETTER ACQUAINTANCE." "I DON'T BELIEVE A FELLOW EVER HAD SUCH A PAL BEFORE." "SIR, I NEITHER WANT IT NOR WILL I HAVE IT." v'- \- % "NOW THIS PARADE'S OVER — YOU CAN FALL OUT. RIGHT TURN, DISMISS. FALL OUT," "SUPPOSE I RID YOU OF THIS MAN HUTTON?" 'JOHN HINDS IS THE BEST FELLOW BREATHING, BUT HE'S NO HUSBAND FOR LADY ROYDON." 'WAS IT A MIRACLE THAT I SHOULD LOVE HER? IS IT ABSURD THAT I FANCIED SHE MIGHT CARE FOR ME ? WHAT DO I KNOW OF WOMEN OF HER CLASS ? HOW CAN I TELL WHEN AND WHERE THEY LOVE? 'THE ^BEST FELLOW BREATHING BUT NO FIT HUSBAND FOR 'lady ROVDON.' " "REALLY? LET US TRY AGAIN. CUT, THANKS." "LANCER, DEAR, IT IS YOU WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND." 'I COULD GO ON TURNING THE KING TILL ALL WAS BLUE." 'STAND STILL JIM STANTON, YOU LEAVE THOSE FIRE-IRONS ALONE!" ^■.■^\ ■-'^a,-,,. "A YEAR AGO, WHEN I GOT MY COMMISSION FROM THE QUEEN, I THOUGHT THAT A GREATER HONOR COULD NEVER COME TO ME. I WAS WRONG. THE COMMISSION I HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM YOU MAKES THIS THE PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE." "I MEAN THAT I LOVE YOU, LANCER, YOU HAVE HUMBLED MY PRIDE, BUT I LOVE YOU." OLGA NETHERSOLE A SOUVENIR OF MISS NETHERSOLE IN SOME OF THE CHARACTERS OF HER REPERTOIRE 01g©L Nethersole A Collection of Pictures representing Miss Nethersole in some of her most notable impersonations TOGETHER WITH DRAWINGS BY C. ALLAJ^ GIL'BE'RT MALCOLM ST'RAyJSS AND FO'R'REST HALSEV NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL, Publisher 1900 COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL OLGA NETHERSOLE HE career of Olga Nethersole is as fascinatirvg as it has been and is successful, and, in fact, its chaLrm is due no less to her a-bility a.nd person- a.lity tha.n to the distinguished position she ha-s won for herself, purely through her unaLided exertion a.nd indomita.ble persevera-nce. Rare are the instances indeed, where an artiste has I attained so prominent a position in the world at a. period when youth has, and, probably ever will, prove a disadvantage — that is, a disadvan- tage to one aspiring to achieve the highest pron\inence and to become a. leader in the chosen profession or art. Absolutely unaided, Olga Nether- sole, only a very few years ago, sought her first hearing on the London stage. So encouraging was the result that she determined — supported by the riper judgment of those whose opinion she highly valued — to follow and embrace the theatrical profession in deliberate earnest. From tha.t time her career became more and more interesting to the public, a.n interest that naturally increased, when, to the surprise of London's men and women of letters and the dramatic and sister professions, sKe announced her intention of appearing as a star. Is it to be w^ondered that such determination on the part of so young an actress took London by surprise? Olga Nethersole carried out her plan and became man- agress of the Royal Court Theatre in London, at once achieving a success remarkable and, as it has proved, lasting. Her subsequent starring tours in America and her management of Her Majesty's Theatre in London, follow^ed in quick succession. Her impersonations of the heroine in Shakespeare's immortal love story, *' Romeo and Juliet," The Princess Beatrix in " The Termagant," Emma in " The Wife of Scarli," Paula, in "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," Marguerite Gauthier in Dumas' "La Dame Aux Camelias," " Carmen," " Denise," " Frou Frou," and Fanny Legrand in Clyde Fitch's Dramatization of Daudet's classic, "Sa.pho," also Sylvia in "The Transgressor," have united in giving the distinguished artiste enough opportunities of convincing the world of her versatility as ^vell as proving her great emotional pow^ers and her right to be proclaimed a leader in the school of realistic dramatic art. This, the sixth visit of Olga Nethersole to the United States, will en- able her at last to gratify her great desire to journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean — a desire she has long cherished. During her engage- ment in San Francisco, and throughout her Western tour, Olga Nethersole will appear in her entire repertoire supported by the full strength of her Company. "Juliet.'' "There are two kinds of love : One for the woman you respect^ and the other for the woman you LOVE." The Second Mrs. Tanqucray: Act II. Princess Beatrix in "The Termagant." .f^ ¥-^J^ n'fc. i' "J^V -:e. "If ever I LOVE, I'll love. I shan't care if he is RICH OR POOR, WHETHER I AM SURFEITED OR HUNGRY. I'm tired OF YOU men who want TO MAKE DOLLS OF US WOMEN." "Sal>ho." "Denise.' T^>Vtt£, Fanny LeGrand in "Sapho.' Marguerite Gauthier in "Camille." #** '*'/?; '-1^ rf:- :fjr^ »\\\=.w'C5V\V. ^\ "How MANY MEN HAVE SAID THE SAME THING AND YET HAVE NOT GONE?" Camillc: Act I. "Carmen.' "Let us go to the mountains, Jose, YOU AND I." Carmen: Act II., Scene II. ''Frou Fkou/' 'Consider me as Ambassadress.'' "Frou Frou." i v-^vj*' ,**'«• ■0.^. ''Magda/' MAUDE ADAMS /;/ J. M. Barries Play The Little Minister ■\ /^-^ "^r^^^ \1CK,IIT iWuS, nv AMll'- IHI'UNl Maude Adams In the Little Minister EDITION-DE-LUXE SOUVENIR PUB LISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH MR. CHARLES FROHMAN f^ WITH DRAWINGS BY C. ALLAN GILBERT NEW YORK RHRUSSELL : Publisher 1899 Copyright 1898, by Robert Howard Russell. IN C A CD AM WOOD ' babbie: THERE SHE IS! WE HA VE HER NOW f ' THE RIGHT MAN FOR ME. OH, r SEE HIM ! " A STREET IN THRUMii. 'T»K^"^'r K« "NAN-NIE. HE'S HERE! HE'S DRINKING TEA WITH YOU AND ME i " TAMMAS. DOES EVERY LI XE BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER?" ''IT DOES." " THEN, IN MY OPINION, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO ivr SERMONS. IT'S POETRY" OH, WOMAN, WILL YOU NO GANG AWA !' " NOW I MUST BE A SPINSTER ALL MY LIFE." • FA THER, I HA VE SOMETHING TO SA V TO YOU" • I THINK ( DID THA T RATHER WELL." * CA VIN, I— T FEEL SURE THA T YOU ARE FHE RIGHT MAN FOR ME." MAUDE ADAMS IN "THE LITTLE MINISTER.' From a Drawing by Ernest Haskell. MAUDE ADAMS. From a Vr(i7>.'ifig by Enicsf HaskeU.. From a Draivhig by Malcolm Strauss. MAUDE ADAMS IN "ROSEMARY. 1 " O, SPEAK AGAIN, BRIGHT ANGEL. ^ cmo- q^AW*-:;;;;-'^ From a Drawing by C. A llan Gilbert. "come, sir, your passado!' MAUDE ADAMS AS JUl.lKT. From a Drawing by C. Allan Gilbert. "THUS WITH A KISS I DIE. CISSIE LOFT US AS EDNA MAY, IN "THE BELLE OF NEW YORK. THE GOOSE GIRL. In The Children Of The King. Court Theatre, London. '^^^imMM^:^ -^^ Cojiyright, iSqS, by S. S. McClwe Co. From ,1 Drawing hy C. D. Gibson. COLONEL SAPT. LIEUTKXANT BERNENSTKIN. Anthony Hope s " Rupert of Hcntzaii." Copyright^ iSgS, by Henry Holt. PRINCESS FLAVIA. From a Draining by C. D. Gibson, RUDOLPH RASSENDYLL. Cofyright, iSqS, l>y S. S. McClure Co. RUDOLPH RASSENDYLL. From a Draiuing by C. D. Gil PRINCESS FLAVIA. Copyright,' iSqS, by Henry Holt. PRINCESS FLAVIA. From a Drawing by C. D. Gibson. RUDOLPH RASSENDYL. "l AM A MARRIED WOMAN, ALICE!' MAXINE ELLIOTT. TRELAWNY OF THE " WELLS ' ELIZABETH TVREE AS AVONIA BUNN. HILDA SPONG AS IMOGEN PARROTT. H ermione: AVary Anderson ''3 ^ Juliet Coriv Urquhivrt Potter Ada Rcha^rv PortiA^ iHodj esKa. Cleopatra 5aia Bernli«vr/ \ V \ ELLEN TERRY. From a Drawing by Rothenstein. ■Jc'^ut'f. C. COQUELIN AS CYRANO DE BERGERAC. RICHARD MANSFIELD AS CYRANO DE BERGERAC. From Drawings by Ernest Haskell. AMELIA BINGHAM. OLIV E MAY AS BONITA From a Draiving by Lady Granby MARTIN HARVEY AS SIDNEY CARTON. THE ONLY WAY HENRY MILLER AS SIDNEY CARTON. ■ GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SWEET COMPASSION. From a Drawing by Archie Gunn. CLARA LIPMAS