Abraham Lincoln (1918) written by John Drinkwater and produced with the title role played by Frank McGlynn in New York in 1919

Scenes from Abraham Lincoln (1918) written by the British playwright John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937) and produced at the Cort Theatre, New York City, with the title role played by Frank McGlynn (1866 - 1951), having run for 193 performances from Dec. 15, 1919 until May, 1920.

 

Frank McGlynn in the Broadway production of Abraham Lincoln (1919)

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Home and Beauty (a farce in three acts), known in the US as Too Many Husbands, written by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), and premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in August 1919.

   A scene from  Home and Beauty (a farce in three acts), known in the US as Too Many Husbands, written by the Britgish playwright W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), and premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in August 1919.

   Home and Beauty, known in the US as Too Many Husbands, is a farce in three acts by W. Somerset Maugham. Written in 1919, it was first seen in August of that year at the Globe Theatre, Atlantic City, USA and subsequently at the Booth Theatre, New York, under its American title. 

London production, 1919, with from left, Lottie Venne, Charles Hawtrey, Malcolm Cherry, Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper as Victoria, 1919

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Estelle Winwood in the Broadway production of Too Many Husbands, US title of Home and Beauty (1919)

The Faithful (1915) written by John Masefield and produced at the Theatre Guild, New York, under the direction of Irving Pichel and with the stage designed by Lee Simonson, in 1919

   Scenes from The Faithful (3-act-tragedy, a British interpretation of the Japanese Chushingura legend, 1915) written by the British playwright John Masefield (1878 - 1967) and produced by the Theatre Guild (founded in 1918), New York City, under the direction of Irving Pichel (1891 - 1954), with the stage designed by Lee Simonson, having run for 49 performances from Oct. 13, 1919 until January 1920. 

   This play was performed in Tokyo on May 21, 1921 as a kind of reverse import.

 

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Die Wandlung (1917-18) written by Ernst Toller and produced at the Altes Theater, Leipzig in 1919?

   A scene from Die Wandlung (1917-18) written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and produced at the Altes Theater, Leipzig, probably in 1919.

   The transformation. The Wrestling of a Human Being is Ernst Toller's first play. It was completed in 1918 and premiered the following year at the Berlin Tribune. After the premiere, which made Ernst Toller famous within a very short time, the play celebrated an extraordinary success with critics and audiences. According to Toller's own statement, Die Wandlung was played over 100 times in Berlin and around 35 times in Hamburg. The success of the work may have been related to the fact that it represented a revolution in the theatre in terms of content and form. 

Transformation (Die Wandlung, 1919), written by Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and performed by Karlheinz Martin with Fritz Kortner as the war returnee, at Die Tribüne in Berlin, on September 30, 1919.

Scenes from Die Wandlung (Transformation 1917-18), written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and performed by Karlheinz Martin with Fritz Kortner as the war returnee, at Die Tribüne in Berlin, on September 30, 1919, under the direction of Karl Heinz Martin.

Die Wandlung written by Ernst Toller and produced by Karlheinz Martin at the Theater Die Tribüne in Berlin on September 30, 1919

A scene from Die Wandlung written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and produced by Karlheinz Martin (1886 - 1948) at the Theater Die Tribüne in Berlin on September 30, 1919.

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1919.

   A scene from Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1919.

  Duel of Cyrano de Bergerac and the Viscount de Valvert in the Hotel de Bourgogne, scene from a production of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1919. 

The Sphere, 28 June 1919.

Costumes for Mechanical Ballet (Ballo meccanico futurista) designed by the Italian designer Ivo Pannaggi (1901 - 1981) in 1919

   Costumes for Mechanical Ballet  (Ballo meccanico futurista) designed by the Italian designer Ivo Pannaggi (1901 - 1981) in 1919, when he exhibited two Futurist paintings at the Casa d’Arte Bragaglia in Rome, his work enthused Marinetti and Balla.

   A friend and frequent collaborator of Ivo Pannaggi, in 1922 Vinicio Paladini (1902 – 1971) staged a Futurist Mechanical Ball with him at the Casa d'Arte, and the same year the two signed a "Manifesto of Futurist Mechanical Art", in which the identification between proletariat and machine was theorized.

Ivo Pannaggi, Costume created for Ikar in The Futurist Mechanical Ball (1922)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, in 1919.

   A scene from Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, in March, 1919.

   THIS fine romantic play, founded on the adventures of Rostand's large-nosed, but high-souled, hero was produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, in March, 1919, when Mr. Robert Loraine created the part that he will play tonight.

EDMUND DULAC (1882-1953) GARRICK THEATRE / CYRANO DE BERGERAC. 1919.

The Cuckoo (a comedy farce), written by Charles H. Brookfield (1857 – 1913 ) from "Decore" by Henri Meilhac, and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899.

Some scenes from The Cuckoo (a comedy farce), written by the British actor & playwright Charles H. Brookfield (1857 – 1913 ) from "Decore" by Henri Meilhac, and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899, with the main actors: Mr. Charles Hawtrey, Constance Collier, Fannie Ward.

Miss Fannie Ward, ("The Cuckoo.") 1899.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, April 15th, 1899, "The Cuckoo" at the Avenue Theatre.

   a- Miss Fannie Ward.- "Leave the House!"  Miss Vane Featherstone.

   b- Charles Stevens.- "Fair Girls are my Hobby."

   c- Miss Constance Collier (Lady Alexander Park, &  Arthur Williams (Thomas Penfold).

   d- Charles Hawtrey (Hugh Farrant).

   e- Miss Fannie Ward (Mrs. Penfold).- "I shall get a divorce."

   f- H. Coryton (African King).  H. Stephenson (Interpreter). F. Volpe (Mayor). H. Goring (The Cuckoo). Lyston Lyle (Colonel Gower).

   g- "Brighton is a bit of a Chestnut."

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Set Designs of 1919 by Norman Bel Geddes for King Lear written by William Shakespeare

Set Designs by Norman Bel Geddes (American theatrical designer 1893 -1958) for King Lear written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), drawn in 1919.

Norman Bel Geddes's Costume design for Albany in William Shakespeare’s King Lear, 1919, Charcoal on paper

Himmel und Hölle (1919) written by Paul Kornfeld and produced at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, in 1919

Two scenes from Himmel und Hölle (5-act-tragedy, 1919) written by Paul Kornfeld (1889 - 1942) and produced at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, probably in 1919.

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Sin (Oleh Biyma) written by Volodymyr Vynnychenko at the Molodyi Teatr starring S. Semdor and P. Samiilenko in 1919

A scene from Sin (Oleh Biyma) written by the Ukrainian playwright Volodymyr Vynnychenko (writer and statesman, 1880 - 1951) at the Molodyi Teatr [Young Theatre], starring S. Semdor and P. Samiilenko in 1919.

John Ferguson (1915) written by Saint John Ervine and produced at the Cort Theatre, New York City, in 1919

A scene from John Ferguson (4-act-play, 1915) written by the British playwright Saint John Ervine (1883 - 1971) and produced at the Garrick Theatre and Fulton Theatre, New York City, having run for 354 performances from May 13, 1919, to the date unknown.

JOHN FERGUSON Peg Entwhistle, Brandon Evans, Warburton Gamble, Elisabeth Risdon

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The Jest directed by Arthur Hopkins at the Plymouth Theatre, New York, with Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore in 1919

Scenes from The Jest (From the Italian of "La Cena Delle Beffe" by Sem Benelli) directed by Arthur Hopkins at the Plymouth Theatre, New York City, With Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore (1887 - 1968), running for 77 performances from April 9, 1919 to June 14, 1919.

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Gas (1918) written by Georg Kaiser and produced at the Volkesbune in Berlin in 1919

Scenes designed by Karl Jakob Hirsch (1892 -1952) for Gas (1918) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced at the Volksbühne in Berlin under the direction of Paul Leggband?, starring Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur and Rudolf Lettinger, in January, 1919.