Die Bürger von Calais (1912 - 13) written by Georg Kaiser and produced possibly on 29 January 1917 at the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main.

   A scene from Die Bürger von Calais (1912 - 13, its premiere in 1917) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced possibly on 29 January 1917 at the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main.

   The drama The Citizens of Calais – Stage Play in Three Acts was created in 1912/1913 in a first version, inspired by Rodin's sculpture, which had already become famous. It found its final form in 1914 and was premiered on 29 January 1917 at the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Arthur Hellmer. 

Trifles (1916), written by Susan Gaspell and performed at the Washington Square Theatre, New York City, in January 1917.

A scene from Trifles (a play in one-ac, first published and performed in 1916), written by the American playwright Susan Gaspell (Pulitzer-Prize winner, 1876-1948) and performed at the Washington Square Theatre?, New York City, in January 1917, starring Marjorie Vonnegut, Elinor M. Cox, John King, Arthur E. Hohl, and T. W. Gibson.

   Trifles, A Play in One Act, By Susan Glaspell was premiered by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre, Provincetown, Mass., August 8, 1916.

ORIGINAL CAST

George Henderson, County Attorney Robert Rogers

Henry Peters, Sheriff Robert Conville

Lewis Hale, A Neighboring Farmer  George Cram Cook

Mrs. Peters   Alice Hall

Mrs. Hale Susan Glaspell

   A talented and greatly admired amateur actress who performed in all her staged works (as well as in many other plays), she and her second husband founded the Wharf Theater in Provincetown, Massachusetts (which later moved to New York City). Better known as the Provincetown Playhouse, it was the first modern American theater company which rejected the commercialism of Broadway's sentimental melodramas.

   Another early  performance of Trifles, on Aug 30, 1916, at the Comedy Theatre, New York City.

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