Die armseligen Besenbinder (The Poor Broom Binders, 5-act-play, 1913) written by Carl Carl Hauptmann and produced under the direction of Paul Legband at the Berliner Volksbühne, in 1918

A scene from Die armseligen Besenbinder (The Poor Broom Binders, 5-act-play, 1913) written by the German playwright Carl Carl Hauptmann (1858 - 1921) and produced under the direction of  Paul Legband (German theatre director, 1876 - 1942) at the Berliner Volksbühne, in 1918, starring Guido Herzfeld, Lucie Mannheim, and Eduard Rothauser.

Herzfeld, Guido - Actor, Germany (center) in the play 'Die armseligen Besenbinder' by Carl Hauptmann, 1918 

A Doll’s House, directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elsie Ferguson, in 1918.

   A Doll’s House, directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elsie Ferguson, in 1918.

   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 1918 film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elsie Ferguson.

Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in Denmark in 1928

A scene from Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced at the Betty Nansen Teatret in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1928, featuring Henrik Bentzon and Betty Nansen.

Henrik Bentzon og Betty Nansen i Fru Inger til Østraat. Betty Nansen Teatret, 1928.