Major Barbara

One of the boards in the lobby of our theater for Major Barbara!

Shakespeare Theatre Company, Director Ethan McSweeney talks of "The Story of Major Barbara".

The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in French history that is conventionally dated as starting in 1890 and ending when World War I began in 1914. In the United Kingdom, the Belle Époque overlapped with the late Victorian era and the Edwardian era.

The Folies Bergerer foyer.

The World Fair of 1900 in Paris.

Some people argue that the Gibson Girl was the first national beauty standard for American women. Gibson's fictional images of her published in newspapers and magazines during the Belle Époque were extremely popular.

Hair, 1905

From this PDF version of The Manual on Barbering.

become a barber in 1905 only if your nervous system can handle razors.

Anna Pavlova as the Dying Swan in 1905

Anna Pavlova's costume from The Dying Swan, 1905