William Haviland was a British actor-manager specialising in the works of Shakespeare who during his long stage career performed with some of the leading actors of his time including Henry Irving and Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
William Haviland
William Haviland in character
As the Curé in The Beloved Vagabond with Cicely Richards as Mrs. Leblanc (1908)
The Lyons Mail is an 1877 drama by Charles Reade based on his play The Courier of Lyons (1854). The new version was written for Henry Irving for performance at the Lyceum Theatre.
Programme for Henry Irving's revival of The Lyons Mail at the Lyceum Theatre (1900)
Henry Irving as Lesurques and Dubosc - Harry Furniss (1877)
The Arrival of the Lyons Mail - from the 1908 revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Dubosc at bay - H. B. Irving in the 1908 revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre