Saturday, 25 February 2017

Masquerade (four-act-tragedy 1835) written by Mikhail Lermontov (1814 - 1841), and premiered in St. Petersburg, in 1917.

A scene from Masquerade (four-act-tragedy 1835) written by the Russian playwright Mikhail Lermontov (1814 - 1841), and premiered at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburgon, Russia, on February 25, 1917, under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874 -1940).

Masquerade (Drama) by M. Y. Lermontov
Director ..................................... V. E. Meyerhold
Artist ............................................. Golovin
Composer ........................................ A. K. Glazunov










Friday, 3 February 2017

Escape (1926) written by John Galsworthy and produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 1926

A scene from Escape (1926) written by the British playwright John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) and produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, running from August 12, 1926 to October 1926, starring Nicholas Hannen, with Leon M. Lion, Ursula Jeans, Frank Freeman, Molly Kerr, Phyllis Konstam, Ann Codrington, Margaret Halstan, Ethel Manning, Paul Gill, Stafford Hilliard, Betty Astell and Austin Trevor in the cast.






Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Back to Methuselah (1918-20) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Düsseldorf's theatre (Schauspielhaus), Germany, around 1925

Scenes from Zurück zu Methusalem (Back to Methuselah, 1918-20) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)  and produced at the Düsseldorf's theatre (Schauspielhaus), Germany, in 1927. The play was directed by Gustav Lindemann with the set designed by Eduard Sturm and Franz Merz.





Hofer, Johanna - Actress, German/ in role with Anne Kersten (r.) as 'Eva' with Anne Kersten as 'snake' in the play Back to Methusalem, performed in the Tribüne in Berlin, 1925