Friday, 18 September 2026

Henry VIII, believed to be by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, and performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 6th November 1933.

 A scene from the play Henry VIII, believed to be by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, and performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 6th November 1933. 

British actor Charles Laughton (1899 - 1962, left) plays Henry with Robert Farquarson as Wolsey and Flora Robson (1902 - 1984, centre) as Catherine of Aragon. 





Henry VIII: Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at The Old Vic. Waterloo Road. Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London Season 1933-1934




Henry V, The Old Vic, London, started on 7th November 1921.



Premiere of the opera Macbeth by the British composer, conductor, and record producer Lawrance Collingwood (1887–1982), at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, on April 12, 1934.

A scene from the Premiere of the opera Macbeth by the British composer, conductor, and record producer Lawrance Collingwood (1887–1982), at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, on April 12, 1934.




Saturday, 12 September 2026

Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced on 25 February 1931, probably at the Nationaltheatret in Norway.

   Scenes from Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced  on 25 February 1931, probably at the Nationaltheatret in Norway.

   Lady Inger. Historical drama in five acts had its premiere at The Norwegian Theatre in Bergen 2 January 1855, and was first published as a serial in the weekly magazine Illustreret Nyhedsblad No. 22–34, 1857. 

Participants:
Sigurd Eldegard        Bear
Gerd Grieg        Eline Gyldenløve
Johanne Dybwad        Mrs. Inger
Tryggve Larssen        Farm bailiff Einar Huk
Hans Jacob Nilsen        The house servant Finn
Henrik Børseth        Jens Bjelke
Olafr Havrevold        Nils Stenssøn
Egil Eide        Olaf Skaktavl
August Oddvar        Privy Councillor Nils Lykke
DIRECTION        Johanne Dybwad
SCENOGRAPHY        Oliver Neerland
COSTUME DESIGN        Jacob Von Der Lippe





Mrs. Inger to Ostråt (1857, Mrs. Inger to Ostrat), Premiere 25 February 1931
August Oddvar as Nils Lykke    Johanne Dybwad as Mrs. Inger


Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Revisor (The Government Inspector), written by Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1952) and produced under the direction of Vs. Meyerhold (1874 -1940) at The State Theater named after Vs. Meyerhold, Moscow, on December 9, 1926.

   Scenes from Revisor ("The Inspector General" or "The Government Inspector"), written by the Russian playwright Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1952) and produced under the direction of Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (1874 -1940) at The State Theater named after Vs. Meyerhold, Moscow, on December 9, 1926.

   On December 9, 1926, after nearly two years of extensive research and rehearsals, Vsevolod Meyerhold premiered his Inspector General (Revizor). Though the production provoked a tempest in the Soviet press and was much discussed by the critics of both liberal and Communist bent, foreign—mostly American—witnesses had no doubt about...


Anti-illusionist stage from Vsevolod Meyerhold's production of Nikolay Gogol's Revizor, Moscow, 1926

The final scene of the play The Government Inspector


 When Meyerhold directed Revisor in the 1920s, he found a means of showing a frozen group of people. He had them replaced with wax figures. 





The Government Inspector in Meyerhold's theatre. Articles.

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Aju ja Mikko (Anu and Mikko), written by Kersti Bergroth, and performed at the Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki, on 2 October 1932.

   Scenes from Aju ja Mikko (Anu and Mikko), written by the Finnish writer Kersti Bergroth, and performed at the Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki, on 2 October 1932.

   Kersti Bergroth's Finnish play Anu and Mikko, which premiered at the Finnish National Theatre on 2 October 1932, is a wonderful, wise and warm comedy. It is an unsweetened description of a village community written in the Antrea dialect that survives the setbacks, turmoil and divisions caused by the global recession through consensus and negotiation.
   Kersti Solveig Bergroth (24 January 1886 – 24 January 1975) was a Finnish writer who is best remembered for her plays Anu and Mikko and Kuparsaare Antti, written in the Karelian dialect. His career as a writer was unusually long, more than 60 years.




Sunday, 6 September 2026

Gas (1918) written by Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced at Staatliches Schillertheater, Berlin, 1928,

Scenes from Gas  (1918) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced at the Staatliches Schillertheater, Berlin, 1928, with stage designs of a laboratory for the play Gas by Georg Kaiser.








Saturday, 5 September 2026

The Man of Destiny (1897), written by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and produced at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, London, in 1948.

A scene from The Man of Destiny (1897), written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and produced at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, London, in 1948.


The Man Of Destiny - The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, 1948

The play, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon, was written for Ellen Terry and Richard Mansfield, but was first performed, on 1 July 1897, at the Grand Theatre, Croydon, with Murray Carson and Florence West in the principal roles.