Romeo and Juliet, 1911.

Romeo and Juliet, 1911: Juliet, Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892-1977); Romeo, Vernon Steel; Friar Laurence, Mr. J. Fisher-White. This shows the same scene as the next image but in a stage production not a cinematic one: Fred Terry's production of the play in 1911 at the New Theatre, London.

Romeo, Vernon Steel, Friar Laurence, Mr. J. Fisher-White,Juliet, Phyllis Neilson-Terry"Touching this production of Mr. Fred Terry's at the New Theatre I am filled with admiration at the wonderful performance given by Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry. . . . Here is a young artist still in her teens, whose first public success can be measured by moons, and who has boldly and successfully fronted professional and public criticism and emerged from the combat with flying colours. I am not going to tell Miss Phyllis that she is the very best Juliet I have seen, but I can fearlessly say that she has accomplished a tour de force and, from the standpoint of age and stage experience, a performance that will be fixed in the memories of those who have seen her embodiment of Shakespeare's most lovable heroine." B. W. Findon in The Play Pictorial Vol. XVIII, No. III. (1912)."Reproduced courtesy of Don Gillan (Copyright),www.Stagebeauty.net].