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Events relating to theatre
David Belasco's play Madame Butterfly has its premiere in New York, and is subsequently seen in London by Giacomo Puccini
Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya is directed by Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre
Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters has its premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Stanislavsky
The play Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, fosters Irish nationalism
Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths is performed at the Moscow Art Theatre
W.B. Yeats heads a group of writers and directors in establishing the Irish National Theatre Society
The Wizard of Oz, based on the book by Frank Baum, opens on Broadway as a musical to huge success
Anton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, is staged by Stanislavsky just a few months before the author's death
J.M. Synge's play Riders to the Sea has its premiere at the Molesworth Hall in Dublin
Hughie Cannon writes the music and words for the song originally titled "He Done Me Wrong" in the US musical Frankie and Johnny
J.M Barrie's play for children Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up has its premiere in London
Dublin's Abbey Theatre opens as a new home for the Irish National Theatre Society
David Belasco's play Girl of the Golden West has its premiere in New York, where it is seen two years later by Giacomo Puccini
Bernard Shaw has two new plays opening in London in the same year, Major Barbara and Man and Superman
The designer Edward Gordon Craig publishes a theatrical manifesto, The Art of the Theatre
17-year-old Charlie Chaplin joins the Fred Karno company, touring slapstick comedy
6-year-old Fred Astaire and his sister Adele give their first professional performance, in the pier theatre in Keyport, New Jersey
J.M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World provokes violent reactions at its Dublin premiere
Swedish playwright August Strindberg publishes The Ghost Sonata, which has its first performance in Stockholm the following year
Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird is performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in a production by Stanislavsky
Maurice Chevalier and Mistinguett perform together at the Folies-Bergère
J.M. Synge's last and unfinished play, Deirdre of the Sorrows, is performed in Dublin shortly after his death
Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapts the English medieval morality play Everyman ('Jedermann') for performance in Salzburg
The Russian prime minister Pyotr Stolypin is assassinated in a Kiev theatre
Rudolph Wurlitzer's company in the USA produces the first of its famous movie theatre organs
