Fiamme nell'ombra (Flames in the Shadows, drama in three acts) and Il Cuculo (The Cuckoo, playful comedy in three acts), written by Enrico Annibale Butti (1868-1912), and the former produced at the Teatro Manzoni, Milan, and the latter at the Teatro Olympia, Milan, in 1905.

Scenes from Fiamme nell'ombra (Flames in the Shadows,  drama in three acts) and Il   Cuculo (The Cuckoo, playful comedy in three acts), written by the Italian playwright Enrico Annibale Butti (1868-1912), and the former produced at the Teatro Manzoni, Milan, and the latter at the Teatro Olympia, Milan, in 1905.

Drake, by Louis N. Parker (1852-1944), and pereformed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in September 1912.

   Scenes from Drake, by the English playwright Louis N. Parker (1852-1944), and pereformed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in September 1912.

   Drake of England is a British play by Louis N. Parker which was first staged in 1912. It is a pageant-like work celebrating the career of the Elizabethan sailor Sir Francis Drake, particularly his role in the defeat of the Armada of 1588. 

Amy Brandon Thomas and Lyn Harding

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 7th, 1912, "Drake," at His Majesty's Theatre."

   a- Mr. Lyn Harding as Sir Francis Drake.

   b- Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry as Queen Elizabeth.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 14th, 1912, "Drake," by Louis N. Parker, at His Majesty's Theatre.

   a- Mr. Herbert Waring as John Doughty, the papist conspiritor, who attempts the life of Drake after his brother's attempts on the hero have failed.

   b- Mr. Frederick Ross as Brewer, Mr. Roy Byford as Bright, and Mr. A. E. George as Tom Moone (Reading from left to right).-Tom Moone is Drake's staunch adherent and follower about the world.

   c- Mr. Lyn Harding as Francis Drake, and Miss Amy Brandon-Thomas as Elizabeth Sydenham, the couple who marry secretly in spite of Queen and Kinsmen.

   d- Mr. Philip Merivale as Thomas Doughty , who thwarts Drake's enterprise, and is therefore condemned to death by Court Martial at Port St. Julian for Treason and Executed.

Faust, freely adapted from Goethe's dramatic poem by Stephen Phillips (1868-1915) and J. Comyns Carr (1849-1916), and performed at His Majesty's Theatre, in 1908 to 1909.

Faust, freely adapted from Goethe's dramatic poem by Stephen Phillips (1868-1915) and J. Comyns Carr (1849-1916), and performed at His Majesty's Theatre, in 1908 to 1909.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 12th, 1908, "Faust,' at His Majesty's Theatre."Miss Marie Lohr as Margaret.  Miss Madge Titheradge as Lisa.  Mr. Tree as Mephistopheles.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, September 19th, 1908, "Faust" at His Majesty's Theatre.

    a- Mr. Henry Ainley as Faust the Student.      b- Mr. Henry Ainley as Faust the Lover.

    c- Miss Marie Lohr as Margaret, and Miss Madge Titheradge as Lisa.

    d- Mr. Godfrey Tearle as Valentine, and Miss Marie Lohr as Margaret.

    e- Miss Elizabeth Valentine as a Heavenly Messenger.   f- Miss Rosina Filippi as Martha.

    g- Miss Winifred Fitch, Miss Pauline Brett, and Miss Mary Sumner.

Enrico IV (Henry IV 1922), written by Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) and produced by the Community Players of Winnipeg, at the Little Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada, from 17 to 20 October 1928.

    Scenes from Enrico IV (Henry IV 1922), written by the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) and produced by the Community Players of Winnipeg, at the Little Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada, from 17 to 20 October 1928, featuring W. McGuillen (left) and G. Waight.

   The only artworks that have survived to document FitzGerald’s engagement with the theatre are three drawings and a painting related to a single production. From 17–20 October 1928, the Community Players presented one of their most ambitious dramas, Henry IV, a play in three acts by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936).

The Community Players of Winnipeg production of Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello (17–20 October 1928) featured paintings by L. LeMoine FitzGerald. On the left of this cast photo is Donna Matilda Spina (Lady in Green, Musée d’art de Joliette) and on the right, Henry IV (location unknown).

Little Theatre production of Pirandello’s Henry IV in 1928, featuring W. McGuillen (left) and G. Waight

Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre performed at Severance Hall, in 1934, with Richard Rychtarik’s stage designs.

Scenes from Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre performed at Severance Hall, in 1934, with Richard Rychtarik’s stage designs.

Richard Rychtarik’s realized stage designs for The Cleveland Orchestra’s production of  at Severance Hall, 1934.

Performance of Die Walküre at Severance Hall, 1934.

 Die Walküre  3rd Act. 1934 Emil Preetorius Bühnenphoto

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), performed in 1930 possibly at the Haus der alten Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin.

   Scenes from Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), performed in 1930 possibly at the Haus der alten Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin. 

   Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), is the second of four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). This is a partial discography of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was first performed at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870. 

Die Walküre 2nd act Bayreuth 1930 Set design K.Söhnlein and F. Kranich d.J.

Die Walküre, act 2 Bayreuth 1930. Nanny Larsen-Todsen (Brünnhilde), Emmy Krüger (Sieglinde) and Gunnar Graarud (Siegfried)

Die Walküre, 2nd Act,  1930 F.Kranich und K.Söhnlein Bühnenphoto

Die Walküre  2nd Act,  1933 Emil Preetorius Bühnenphoto

Hoppla wir leben (Hoppla, We're Alive! 1925) written by Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939), and, in its second production, directed by the seminal epic theatre director Erwin Piscator, in Berlin, 1927.

Scenes from Hoppla wir leben (Hoppla, We're Alive! 1925) written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939), and, in its second production, directed by the seminal epic theatre director Erwin Piscator, in Berlin, 1927.

Scene from 'Hoppla wir leben', directed by Erwin Piscator, 1927

Piscator, Stage for Ernst Tollere'S Hoppla, wir leben, 1927

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