Productions of Romeo and Juliet
1890. A production of Romeo and Juliet by Hugh Moss opened at the Globe Theatre (London) on June 6 and ran until August 8. The players were Otis Skinner as Romeo, Adelaide Moore as Juliet, John Nesbitt as Friar Laurence, George F. Black as Capulet, Edwin Wilde as Tybalt, Mark Quinton as Mercutio, May Prothero as Lady Capulet, and Mrs. Charles Calvert as the Nurse (Wearing, I, 46).
1895. Johnston Forbes-Robertson played Romeo and Mrs. Patrick Campbell Juliet in Forbes-Robertson's production of the play; Romeo and Juliet opened at the Lyceum Theatre (London) on September 21 and ran until December 21 for 79 performances. Others in the cast were Arthur Grenville as Paris, George Warde as Capulet, Dolores Drummond as the Nurse, Charles F. Coghlan as Mercutio, Will Dennis as Tybalt, and Nutcombe Gould as Friar Laurence (Wearing, I, 509-10).
1896. In Romeo and Juliet Esme Beringer played Romeo at the Prince of Wales's Theatre at a matinee performance on May 15. The other principle parts were played by Vera Beringer as Juliet, Mrs. E. H. Brooke as the Nurse, W. H. Vernon as Mercutio, Arthur Stirling as Friar Laurence, and Frederick Volpe as Tybalt (add ' to Esme and Volpe) (Wearing, I, 565-66).
1904. On February 17, with Charles Lander as Romeo and Therza Norman as Juliet, J. H. Leigh began a Shakespeare revival at the Royal Theatre, London (Loney, I, 22).
1908. Matheson Lang's production of Romeo and Juliet opened at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on March 3 and ran through May 30, with eighty-eight performances. The principal players were Matheson Lang as Romeo, Nora Kerin as Juliet, Eric Mayne and Gordon Bailey as Mercutio, Halliwell Hobbes as Tybalt, Herbert Grimwood as Capulet, Frederick Ross as Friar Laurence, Mary Allestree as Lady Capulet, and Blanche Stanley as the Nurse. The managing director was Henry R. Smith and the producer was Ernest Carpenter (Wearing, London Stage).
1911. Fred Terry's production of Romeo and Juliet opened at the New Theatre, London, on September 2 and ran through November 22. The principal players were Vernon Steel as Romeo, Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Juliet, Henry C. Hewitt as Paris, Alfred Brydone as Capulet, Louis Calvert as Mercutio, James Berry as Tybalt, J. Fisher White as Friar Laurence, Rosina Filippi as the Nurse, and Lena Halliday as Lady Capulet (Wearing, London Stage).
1904. On October 17 the New York City producer Charles Frohman presented E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe playing for the first time together in a Shakespeare play. The performances included Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Much Ado About Nothing (Loney, I 23).