Sunday, 27 May 2018

Die Versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell 1897) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and performed at Molodyi Teatr London in 1918

A scene from Die Versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell, first published in 1897) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) and performed at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr [The Young Theatre], London, in 1918.




Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles and produced by Les Kurba at the Molodyi Teatr, 1918

Some scenes from Oedipus Rex written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles and produced by Les Kurba (1887 - 1937) at the Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr [The Young Theatre], Kyiv, in 1918, with Kurbas as Oedipus and Semen Semdor as Theresius.






chorus scene


A mass scene of the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr London in 1918.

A mass scene of the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr London in 1918

Scenes from Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) written by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles and performed at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr (Young Theatre), London, in 1918.



A mass scene of the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex 


Hnat Yura, Les Kurbas, and Yona Shevchenko in the Molodyi Teatr production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex (1918).

Thursday, 10 May 2018

L'Échange (1901) written by Paul Claudel and produced at Tribüne, Berlin, in 1919.

A scene from Der Tausch (L'Échange, 1901) written by the French playwright Paul Claudel (1868 - 1955) and produced at the Tribüne, Berlin, presumably on 7 November 1919.