Thursday, 29 July 2021

A scene from Araminta Arrives written by Dorothy Brandon, and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1921.

   A scene from Araminta Arrives written by the British writer Dorothy Brandon, and performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1921.
   It premiered at the Winter Gardens Theatre in New Brighton before transferring for a West End run at the Comedy Theatre that lasted for 39 performances. The cast included Eileen Beldon in the title role, along with Herbert Bunston, Louise Hampton and Lady Tree.




Two scenes from The Faithful Heart written by the Irish writer Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951), and produced at the Comedy Theatre in 1921.

   Two scenes from The Faithful Heart written by the Irish writer Monckton Hoffe (1880–1951), and produced at the Comedy Theatre in 1921.
   This is a  play in a prologue (set in 1899), two acts (twenty years later) and an epilogue. The prologue is set in the Reindeer Hotel, outside Southampton docks. Act one is set in "the private office of Colonel Ango in a hotel converted by the war department". Act two is set in "Colonel Ango's flat in Mount Street, London". The epilogue is again set in the Reindeer Hotel at Southampton.



(The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, December 24th, 1921)


   The Faithful Heart was also performed in the United States from Oct 10, 1922–Nov 4, 1922, at Broadhurst Theatre, New York and Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York.

Sunday, 25 July 2021

Some scenes from The Dover Road (a three-act comedy) written by A. A. Milne (1882-1956), and produced on Broadway in 1921–22 and in the West End in 1922–23.

Some scenes from The Dover Road (a three-act comedy) written by the British playwright A. A. Milne (1882-1956), and produced on Broadway in 1921–22 and in the West End in 1922–23. 

The first production opened at the Bijou Theatre, New York on 23 December 1921 and ran for 204 performances. The play opened at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 7 June 1922, and ran for 268 performances, until 13 January 1923.












Thursday, 15 July 2021

Stage set design of 1921 by Ludwig Sievert (1887 - 1966) for Die tote Stadt (The Dead City, three-act opera, 1920) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Stage set design of 1921 by Ludwig Sievert (1887 - 1966) for Die tote Stadt (The Dead City, three-act opera, 1920) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (American composer, 1897 - 1957)




Thursday, 8 July 2021

Stage set by John Heartfield for Die Weber (The Weavers) written by Gerhart Hauptmann, and produced at Grosses Schauspeilhaus, Berlin, in 1921

Stage sets by John Heartfield (visual artist, 1891 -1 968) for Die Weber (The Weavers) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946), and produced at Grosses Schauspeilhaus, Berlin, in 1921.






Wednesday, 7 July 2021

Stage set by Robert Edmond Jones for Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, designed in 1921

Stage set by Robert Edmond Jones (1887 -1954) for Macbeth written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616), designed in 1921.