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.