Tuesday, 28 September 1999

The Death of Ivan the Terrible (historical drama) by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre on 29 September 1899.

The Death of Ivan the Terrible (Смерть Иоанна Грозного) is a historical drama by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, written in blank verse in 1863 and first published in January 1866, and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre on 29 September 1899. The play is the first part of a trilogy followed by Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich and Tsar Boris. These plays were banned by the censor because they dramatize the story of Ivan IV of Russia. 



Death of Ivan the Terrible. Act 3, Scene 9


Wednesday, 15 September 1999

THE GHETTO (tr. by C. B. Fernald), directed by Eugene W. Presbrey, with scenic design by J. H. Young and T. Platzer, at the Broadway Theatre, New York City, having run for 43 performances from Sep. 15, 1899 to Oct. 1899

The last scene from The Ghetto (translated by C. B. Fernald), directed by American dramatist Eugene W. Presbrey (1853-1931), with scenic design by J. H. Young and T. Platzer, at the Broadway Theatre, New York City, where it ran for 43 performances from September 15 to October 1899.