Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and performed at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada, in 1920

A drama scene from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and performed at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada, in 1920.

Thought written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced at the Tribune in Germany around 1920

     A scene from Thought (based on his 1902 short story) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871 - 1919) and produced at the Tribune in Germany around 1920.

Okean (The Ocean 1911) written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced at the Königsberg New Theatre in Germany around 1920

     A scene from Okean (Der Ozean 1911) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871 - 1919) and produced at the Königsberg New Theatre (Neues Schauspielhaus) in Germany around 1920.

Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen (first published in 1913) written by the German playwright Fritz von Unruh (1885-1970) and performed at the Schauspielhaus in Dresden around 1920

Scene from the first act of Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen (first published in 1913) written by the German playwright Fritz von Unruh (1885-1970) and performed at the Schauspielhaus in Dresden around 1920.

Stage-design drawn by Ernst Stern (German scenic designer 1876-1954) for the first act of Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Moring to Midnight, 1916) written by Georg Kaiser and performed at Deutsches Theater Berlin around 1920

Stage-design drawn by Ernst Stern (German scenic designer 1876-1954) for the first act of Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Morning to Midnight, first published in 1916) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878-1945) and performed at Deutsches Theater, Berlin, around 1920.

Max Reinhardt engaged Ernst Stern shortly after his takeover of the Deutsches Theater in 1906. Until Reinhardt's departure in 1921, he designed around 90 scenarios as chief stage designer.

The Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan) written by Berthold Brecht in collaboration with Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berlau, 1920.

   Set design by Caspar Neher (1897 - 1962) for The Good Person of Szechwan (Der gute Mensch von Sezuan) written by the German playwright Berthold Brecht (1898 - 1956) in collaboration with Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berlau, in 1920. 

   The play was begun in 1938 but not completed until 1941, while the author was in exile in the United States. It was first performed in 1943 at the Zürich Schauspielhaus in Switzerland.

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Les Aubes (The Dawn 1898), written by Émile A. G. Verhaeren, performed under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold in 1920

A scene from Les Aubes (The Dawn 1898), written by the Belgian playwright Émile A. G. Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), performed under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874 - 1940) in 1920.

Masse Mensch (Masses Man), written by Ernst Toller, and directed by Friedrich Neubauer at Stadttheater Nürnberg in 1920

The scenes of the first act from Masse Mensch (Masses Man), written by the German left-wing playwright Ernst Toller (1893-1939), and first performed under the direction of Friedrich Neubauer (1861-1953) at Stadttheater Nürnberg on November 15, 1920.

Act I

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Les (The Forest 1870) written by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii and produced under the direction of V. E. Meyerhold around 1920

A scene from Les (The Forest 1870) written by the Russian playwright Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ostrovskii (1823 - 1886) and produced under the direction of V. E. Meyerhold (1874 - 1940) around 1920.

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