The Fairground Booth written by Alexander Blok and produced in Moscow in 1906. This production was a collaboration between the Theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold and Blok himself.

A scene from The Fairground Booth, written by the Russian lyrical poet Alexander Blok (Александр Александрович Блок 1880 - 1921) and produced at the Vera Kommissarzhevskaia Theatre in St. Petersburg on December 30, 1906. This production was a collaboration between the Theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold and Blok himself. The Russian painterNikolai Sapunov (1880-1912) designed the sets and costumes for this production. 

The design for Pierrot’s costume as sketched, most likely, by Fedor Komissarzhevsky.

Nikolai Sapunov designed the sets and costumes for Meyerhold's 1906 production of Alexander Blok's The Puppet Show. 

Antony & Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare and produced by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre, London, starring Miss Constance Collier as Cleopatra and Tree as Mark Antony, Miss Darragh and Mr Robertshaw, on December 27, 1906

Scenes from Antony & Cleopatra, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majesty's Theatre, London, with costume design by Percy Macquoid, starring Miss Constance Collier (English actress, 1878 - 1955) as Cleopatra and Tree as Mark Antony, Miss Darragh, Mr Basil Gill and Mr Robertshaw, on December 27, 1906.

 

Antony and Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, 1906,

Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on December 27, 1906, with the cast including Constance Collier as Cleopatra, Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Mark Antony, and with the stage manager of Cecil King, scene designer of Joseph Harker & T. E. Ryan, costume maker of B. J. Simmons, costume designer of Mr. Percy Macquoid.

 

Constance Collier

Der Jude von Konstanz (The Jew of Constance, 5-act-tragedy, 1904) written by Wilhelm von Scholz and produced a the Dresdener Hoftheater in 1906

A scene from Der Jude von Konstanz (The Jew of Constance, a 5-act-tragedy, 1904), written by German playwright Wilhelm von Scholz (1874 - 1969) and produced at the Dresdner Hoftheater on December 17, 1906; the final version premiered in Cologne in 1906.

King Richard II, written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and performed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1906.

Scenes from King Richard II, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and performed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in December 1906.

King Richard II, V, 1, as performed at His Majesty’s Theatre (1903), drawn by Charles Buchel (English, 1872–1950)

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 8th, 1906, "King Richard II." at His Majesty's Theatre.

   1- Mr. Tree as King Richard II., and miss Viola Tree as the Queen.   2 & 3. Mr. Tree as King Richard II.   4- Mr. Lyn Harding as Bolingbroke.   5- Mr. Fisher White as John o' Gaunt.

Miss Julie (1888) written by August Strindberg and produced first in Stockholm at The People's Theatre in November 1906,

Scenes from Miss Julie (naturalistic play, 1888) written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (father of modern Swedish literature, 1849 – 1912) and produced first at The People's Theatre,  Stockholm, in November 1906.

Sacha Sjöström (left) as Kristin, Manda Björling as Miss Julie, and August Falck as Jean.

The Rose of the Rancho by David Velasco and Richard Walton Talley, premiered at the Belasco Theatre, New York City, from November 27, 1906 until Junuary 29, 1907.

Scenes from The Rose of the Rancho (a three-act melodrama) by David Velasco and Richard Walton Talley, premiered from November 27, 1906 until January 29, 1907, at the Belasco Theatre, New York City, where it ran for 480 performances, with Charles J. Richman as Kearney, a government agent sent to California to investigate the seizing of Spanish land by American developers.

• Produced by David Belasco
• Music by William Furst; Written by David Belasco and Richard Walton Tully
• Staged by David Belasco
• Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros and Wilfred Buckland; Costume Design by Albertine Randall Wheelan

"The Rose of the Rancho" Act I

Act III

Act III

The Rose of the Rancho, Act III

Miss Julie (1888) written by August Strindberg and first produced at The People's Theatre, Stockholm, in November 1906

A scene from Miss Julie (naturalistic play, 1888), written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) and first produced at The People's Theatre, Stockholm, in November 1906.

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Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening) by Frank Wedekind under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Kammerspielen, Berlin, with the stage design by Karl Walser in 1906

Scenes from Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening 1891), written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918) and first produced at the Kammerspielen, Berlin, under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873 - 1943) with the stage designed by Karl Walser (Swiss artist, 1877 -1943) on November 20, 1906.

Alexander Moissi in the role of Moritz, 1906

Camilla Eibenschütz in the role of Wendla, 1906

Wedekind's Spring's Awakening at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, in 1906. Melchoir is expelled from school, with Berhardt von Jacobi as Melchior and design by Karl Walser

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Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891) written by Frank Wedekind, and premiered under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, on November 20, 1906

A scene from Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, published in 1891), written by German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918), and premiered under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873 - 1943) at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, on November 20, 1906. In the Reinhardt production, though much was cut, the cast included  Alexander Moissi, Gertrud Eysoldt, and Wedekind’s favorite actor, Albert Steinrück.

finale of the Reinhardt production of 1906, in which Frank Wedekind portrayed the Masked Man (center)

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A vaudeville performance based on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady” in 1906.

A vaudeville performance based on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady” in 1906, when The Journal of the English Folk Song Society published a piece on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady.” 

Scenes from "Death and the Lady", taken by Joseph Hall.

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The Great Divide (a prose play) written by William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910), on Broadway at the Princess Theatre, running for 238 performances from October 3, 1906, to March 24, 1907.

    Scenes from The Great Divide (a prose play, written by the American playwright William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910)), first presented under the title of The Sabine Woman at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906, and then on Broadway at the Princess Theatre, where it ran for 238 performances from October 3, 1906 until March 24, 1907.

   The New York Times :  1917/02/08  'THE GREAT DIVIDE' REVIVED; Henry Miller Acts Again His Role ...   Henry Miller, who first presented the play in October of 1906 in the old Princess Theatre, acted again his original role of Stephen Ghent, and in a brief curtain speech demanded by the...

Henry Miller, H.B. Walthall, Margaret Anglin, Robert Cummings, The Great Divide, Act I.

Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin in The Great Divide, Act II

Hjältar (Heroes) performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1906.

Scenes from Hjältar (Heroes) performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1906.

Astri Torsell as Raina and Gunnar Klintberg as Sergius in Hjältar at Svenska teatern 1906

John Isak Riègo (1852-1912) in Hjältar

Livets maskerad performed at the Dramatiska teatern, Stockholm, in 1906.

Scenes from Livets maskerad performed at the Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern (The Royal Dramatic Theatre, founded in 1788), Stockholm in 1906.

Astri Torsell and Einar Fröberg in Livets maskerad at Dramatiska teatern 1906

Astri Torsell in Livets maskerad at Dramatiska teatern 1906

Einar Fröberg as Edmund Schellhorn