Sunday, 25 November 2007

Pelikanen (The Pelican) written by August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) was the first Chamber Play to be produced at his own Intimate Theater, Stockholm, on November 26, 1907.

A scene from Pelikanen (The Pelican) written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) was the first Chamber Play to be produced at his own Intimate Theater, Stockholm, on November 26, 1907. The show was soon replaced with a run of his Miss Julie.



Pelikanen (The Pelican), Intima teatern 1907.

Saturday, 17 November 2007

The Witching Hour, (a drama in four acts), written by Augustus Thomas (1857-1934), and performed at the Hackett Theatre, New York City, from November 18, 1907 to May 1, 1908

Scenes from The Witching Hour, (a drama in four acts), written by the American playwright Augustus Thomas (1857-1934), and performed at the Hackett Theatre, New York City, from November 18, 1907 to May 1, 1908, running for 212 performances.



An Extremely Effective Scene "In the Witching Hour" New York's One Big Success


A Great Scene in The Witching Hour, New York's Slashing Big Success

 

Sunday, 4 November 2007

The Life of Man written by Leonid N. Andreyev produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1907

   Scenes from The Life of Man (first published in 1906) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871-1919)  and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavsky (Russian theatrical practitioner, 1863 - 1938) in 1907, featuring Leonid Leonidov as Man and Ilya Uralov as Someone in Grey.

   This play premiered on February 22,  1907 at the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, directed by Vsevolod Meyerkhold, and then on December 12, 1907, it was performed at the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski and Leopold Sulerzhitsky.