The Skin Game written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and first performed at the St Martin's Theatre, London, in 1920.

   The Skin Game is a play by John Galsworthy. It was first performed at the St Martin's Theatre, London, in 1920, and made its way to the Bijou Theatre, Broadway, in the same year.

   At the St Martin's Theatre, London, in 1920 Galsworthy had his first big box-office success with The Skin Game, depicting the clash between old and new money, attempted blackmail, and the effect of unrestrained capitalism on the lives of ordinary people.

The Skin Game, 1920: violence erupts. Edmund Gwenn, centre, with George Eldon left, and Frederick Cooper

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Mozart's opera of Don Giovanni performed at the Kings Theatre, with the print showing George IV in the title role, printed on July 23, 1820

A scene from Mozart's opera of Don Giovanni performed at the Kings Theatre, with the print showing George IV in the title role, printed on July 23, 1820.

Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes (1919) written by George Bernard Shaw, and first played at the Garrick Theatre, London, in November 1920,

A scene from Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes (1919) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), and first played at the Garrick Theatre, London, in November 1920, with A. C. Albert Perry as Shotover and Elisabeth Risdon as Ellie Dunn.

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You Never Can Tell written by George Bernard Shaw and performed at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1920

A scene from You Never Can Tell (1897) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950) and performed at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1920.

Les Ratés written by Henri-René Lenormand and directed by Georges Pitoëff at Théâtre des Art, Paris, in 1920

A scene from the first act of Les Ratés written by the French playwright Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951) and directed by Georges Pitoëff (1884-1939) at the Théâtre des Art, Paris,  in 1920.