Images Dated 12th December 2016

The Devils Disciple by George Bernard Shaw

The Devils Disciple by George Bernard Shaw. It was first produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York, on 4th October 1897, then in England at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Kennington on 26th September 1899 and at the Savoy Theatre on 14th October 1907, from where it transferred to the Queens Theatre. This flyer is for the Shaw season running concurrently at the Savoy Theatre and the Queens Theatre in Shaftebury Avenue, London. Dick Dudgeon, threatened with hanging by British soldiers, looks up at the noose. Date: 1907

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

Delightful, at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia

Delightful first produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia in 1918. The caption reads Weston Drury as Ferdie Fittitt. Sergeant Weston Drury wrote many of the productions at the Gaiety Theatre, including the pantomimes in which he would play the dame. He died aged 91 on 15th February 1983. The First World War troops in Macedonia were remarkable for their amateur theatricals. Their pantomimes were even printed in book form. The unstamped reverse has: With love to Grace from Percy, Routschouk, Dec 1918, Bulgaria. Date: 1918

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

The Dairymaids by Alexander M. Thompson & Robert Courtneidge

The Dairymaids by Alexander M. Thompson (9 May 1861- 25 March 1948)and Robert Courtneidge (29 June 1859 - 06 April 1939), with music by Paul Rubens and Arthur Frank Tours. First produced at the Apollo Theatre on 14th April 1906. The illustration shows the sailor Joe Mivens, a comic character, driving a car that is tied to a post so is unable to move. The caption below reads The Dairymaids Have Caught On'. This flyer is a souvenir of the 1250th performance show by the artist John Hassall. Robert Macdonalds Co. touring to the Opera House in Tunbridge Wells on 26th August 1907. Date: 1907

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library