Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Kamerny Theatre, Moscow under the direction of Alexander Y. Tairov in 1922

A scene from Romeo and Juliet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Kamerny Theatre, Moscow, under the direction of Alexander Y. Tairov (1885 - 1950) with scenic designs by Alexandra Exter (1882 - 1949), in 1922. Exter built up, for his new staging, in vertical planes instead of being designed in a frontal way.






Monday, 10 January 2022

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Vienna Volkstheater with Aleksandër Moisiu (or Moissi, 1879 - 1935) playing as Hamlet in 1922

Photos from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Vienna Volkstheater (Popular Theatre) with Aleksandër Moisiu (or Moissi, 1879 - 1935) playing as Hamlet in 1922.











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Saturday, 8 January 2022

He Who Gets Slapped written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced by the Theatre Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, with the stage designed by Robert Milton, in 1922

Scenes from He Who Gets Slapped written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871 - 1919) and produced by the Theatre Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, with the stage designed by Robert Milton (1885 - 1956), having run for 182 performances from January 9 to June 1922, starring Edgar Stehli as Polly, Margalo Gillmore as Consuelo, Helen Westley as Zinida, and Philip Leigh as Tilly.

















He Who Gets Slapped (1915) written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced by the Theater Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, in 1922,

   Scenes from He Who Gets Slapped (4-act-tragedy, 1915) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871 - 1919) and produced by the Theater Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, having run for 182 performances from Jan. 9 to Jun. 1922, featuring Richard Bennett as He, Ernest Cossart as Briquet, Margalo Gillmore as Consuela, Frank Reicher as Mancini

   This play was first performed in Russia in 1916, and in America in 1922.










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