When Howard Manning wakes from a fainting spell to find himself hospitalized with a serious but correctable weakness in his heart, his refusal of treatment intimates a death wish that provokes consternation among the skilled medical professionals...
Character portrait of actress Marcia Van Dresser in the role of Francesca in "Francesca da Rimini" (ca. 1901), which she performed opposite Otis Skinner at Macauley's Theatre in November 1901. She wears a white blouse, and flowers in her...
Portrait of actress Gertrude Norman looking into the distance, wearing a pearl-adorned cap on the back of her head, a pearl necklace, and a dress. Gertrude Norman performed the role of Dona Indez, Daughter of Captain Mendoza, in "In the Palace...
Well-known and widely reproduced photogravure of E. L. (Edgar L.) Davenport in costume as the character Sir Giles Overreach in "The Rivals." He leans on a wooden box resting atop a table, and wears a velvet cape and knee-length pants....
Portrait of actor Frank L. Bixby wearing a mustache, suit jacket, and necktie. Frank Bixby served as Master of Ceremonies in "In the Palace of the King" (a dramatization in six scenes by Lorimer Stoddard, from F. Marion Crawford's novel)...
Portrait of performer E. L. (Edgar L.) Davenport wearing a suit jacket with boutonniere, vest, and tie. He may have performed at Macauley's in "The Cavalier," starring Julia Marlowe, in April 1903, since he had appeared on Broadway with...
