Friday, 25 January 2002

Die tote Stadt (La città morta, The Dead City, 1899) written by Gabriele D'Annunzio and produced at the Berliner "Neuen Theater" on January 26, 1902

A scene from Die tote Stadt (La città morta, The Dead City, tragedy, 1899) written by the Italian playwright Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) and produced at the Berliner "Neuen Theater" on January 26, 1902, starring Hermann Boettcher, Dr. Max Pohl, Sophie Wachner, Rosa Bertens.





Saturday, 5 January 2002

Mrs Warren's Profession (1893) written by George Bernard Shaw and premiered privately by the Stage Society at the New Lyric Club, London, on January 5, 1902

A scene from Mrs Warren's Profession (a play of Victorian England, 1893) written by the English playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and premiered privately by the Stage Society at the New Lyric Club, London, on January 5, 1902, starring Fanny Brough as the title character and Madge McIntosh as Vivie.









Mrs Warren's Profession at the New Lyric Club 1902







Fanny Brough as Mrs. Warren





Friday, 4 January 2002

Dantons Tod (1835) written by the German playwright GeorgKarl Büchner, directed by Gien? and stage-designed by Rosenvelt von Gallas? at Reusses Theater, Gera around 1910

   A scene from Dantons Tod (3-act-play, first published in 1835) written by the German playwright Georg Karl Büchner (1813-1837), directed by Gien? and stage-designed by Rosenvelt von Gallas? at Reußes Theater in Gera, Germany, around 1910. This play was first produced at the Belle-Alliance Theater, Berlin, on January 5, 1902.

   The premiere did not take place until 5 January 1902 at the Belle Alliance Theatre in Berlin as a production of the Neue Freie Volksbühne association, as the play was considered unplayable for a long time.