Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare and performed at the Deutsches Volkstheater, Vienna, in 1926.

Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare and performed at the Deutsches Volkstheater, Vienna, in 1926, starring Alexander Moissi as Hamlet.

A Midsummer Night's Dream written by William Shakespeare, and performed at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1905.

Scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare, and performed at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1905.

 

Lavrenyov's 'fault' performed at the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow, in 1927 with the scenery by N. P. Akimov.

   Lavrenyov's 'fault' performed at the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow, in 1927 with the scenery by N. P. Akimov. 

   Boris Andreyevich Lavrenyov (1891 – 1959) was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright.

   Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov[a] (1901 – 1968) was a Soviet experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious production was the cynical version of Hamlet (1932), with Ophelia as a drunken prostitute and the king's ghost as a clever mystification arranged by Hamlet.

Armored train 14-69 written by Vsevolod Ivanov (1895-1963) and performed by the Moscow Art Theater on 8 November 1927

  Scenes from Armored train 14-69 written by the Russian playwright Vsevolod Ivanov (1895-1963) and performed by the Moscow Art Theater on 8 November 1927, with the theatre set by the Russian scenographer Viktor A. Simov (1858-1935).

   Armoured Train 14–69 (Russian: Бронепоезд 14–69, romanized: Bronepoezd 14–69) is a 1927 Soviet play by Vsevolod Ivanov. Based on his 1922 novel of the same name, it was the first play that he wrote and remains his most important. Armoured Train 14–69 was first performed by the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre in a production that opened with a gala performance on 8 November 1927.

Photo of Khmelev (centre) from the 1927 Moscow production.

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A sketch of the scenery by G. Dumont for Philocnetus (the tragedy) written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles.

A sketch of the scenery by G. Dumont for  Philocnetus (the tragedy) written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles. 

Layout of the scenery by the Georgian set designer Irakli I. Gamrekeli (1894-1943) for the play Anzor written by Sandro Shanshiashvili (1888-1979), and performed at the Rustaveli Theatre (Georgian SSR) in 1928.

Layout of the scenery by the Georgian set designer Irakli I. Gamrekeli (1894-1943) for the play Anzor written by the Georgian playwright Sandro Shanshiashvili (1888-1979), and performed at the Rustaveli Theatre (Georgian SSR) in 1928.

Layout of the scenery by A. G. Tyshler for Richard III by William Shakespeare, performed at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, in 1935.

Layout of the scenery by the Russian stage designer Alexander G. Tyshler (1898-1980) for the play Richard III, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and performed at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, in 1935.