Saturday, 26 August 2017

Masquerade (four-act-tragedy 1835) written by the Russian playwright Mikhail Lermontov (1814 - 1841), and premiered in St. Petersburg, under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874 -1940), in 1917.

A scene from Masquerade (four-act-tragedy 1835) written by the Russian playwright Mikhail Lermontov (1814 - 1841), and premiered in St. Petersburg, under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874 -1940), in 1917.




Friday, 11 August 2017

A Doll’s House, directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Dorothy Phillips, in 1917.

   A Doll’s House,  directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Dorothy Phillips, in 1917.

   In the US during the silent period, four film adaptations of Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) from 1879, were produced, all of which are considered to be lost films: a 1917 production directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Dorothy Phillips.