The Miracle (Das Mirakel 1911) written by Karl Vollmöller and produced in London under the direction of Max Reinhardt in 1911

   Scenes from The Miracle (Das Mirakel 1911) written by the German playwright Karl Vollmöller (1878 - 19 48) and produced at the Olympia Theatre, London, under the direction of Max Reinhardt (Austria-born theatre director, 1873 - 1943), on 23 December 1911. It was a collaboration between the Austrian director Max Reinhardt and the English impresario C B Cochran, and was a spectacular with a cast of two thousand.

   The Miracle is a 1911 wordless play by Karl Vollmöller with integral and accompanying music by Engelbert Humperdinck as well as church songs and sacred chants. 

Staging of Karl Gustav Vollmoeller's play The Miracle in the 'Olympia' (exhibition centre) in London, director: Max Reinhardt Stagings by Max Reinhardt in London, 1 January, 1912

Natacha Trouhanowa in The Miracle, Olympia, Kensington, London, 1911

A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911.

The production toured continental Europe, ending in Berlin at the Zirkus Busch, Berlin,  on 13 May 1914. 

1912

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