Esmond, Henry Vernon, 1869-1922 (actor and playwright)
Dates
- Existence: 1869 - 1922
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
‘Phroso’ adapted by Edward Rose and H. V. Esmond from the novel by Anthony Hope, Undated [c.1897-1900]
Consists of annotated typed scripts for ‘Phroso: a Drama of Adventure in four acts’ adapted from the novel by Anthony Hope, by Edward Rose and H. V. Esmond.
‘Phroso’ was first performed in New York at the Empire Theatre (Dec 1898), and subsequently the Harlem Opera House (Oct 1899) and Grand Opera House (13 Nov 1900).
The original novel by Anthony Hope was published in 1897.
Souvenir of ‘Trilby’ by Paul M. Potter, produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, c.30 October 1895
Comprises a green folder with gold lettering containing reproduction prints of photographs of most of the cast of the play, in character: Dorothea Baird, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Edmund Maurice, Lionel Brough, Herbert Ross, Gerald Du Maurier, Rosina Filippi, and H. V. Esmond.
The play was founded on George Du Maurier’s novel, and this is a souvenir of the first showing in London on 30 October 1895.
The images are all taken from photographs by T. C. Turner (Turner and Drinkwater).