The Truth about Blayds (a play in three acts) witten by A. A. Milne (1882-1956) and produced by Winthrop Ames, at Booth Theatre, New York, on March 14, 1922.

Several scenes from The Truth about Blayds (a play in three acts) witten by the British playwright A. A. Milne (1882-1956) and produced by Winthrop Ames, with stage design by Norman Bell Geddes, at Booth Theatre, New York, from March 14 to June 1922, with the  total Performances of 108.

Leslie Howard with Frieda Inescourt and Gilbert Emery

Leslie Howard with Vane Featherston, Alexandra Carlisle,

Frieda Inescourt and Ferdinand Gottschalk

Leslie Howard with Frieda Inescourt

Leslie Howard as Oliver Blayds-Conway with Frieda Inescourt

Leslie Howard with Frieda Inescourt and Ferdinand Gottschalk

The Truth About Blayds (a play in three acts) written by A. A. Milne, and produced by Winthrop Ames, with the stage design by Norman Bell Geddes, at the Booth Theatre, New York, on March 14, 1922. 

Written during Milne's prolific period in the early 1920s, the play premiered on Broadway at the Booth Theatre on March 14, 1922, under the production of Winthrop Ames, running for 108 performances until June 1922.

Cast of Characters
Oliver Blayds O.P. Heggie
Isobel Alexandra Carlisle
Marion Blayds-Conway Vane Featherston
William Blayds-Conway Ferdinand Gottschalk
Oliver Blayds-Conway Leslie Howard
Septima Blayds-Conway Frieda Inescort
A.L. Royce Gilbert Emery
Parsons Mary Gayley

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The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill first produced by the Provincetown Players, directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones, at Provincetown Playhouse and Plymouth Theatre, New York City, in 1922

   Scenes from The Hairy Ape (a play in eight scenes) written by the US playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953), first produced by the Provincetown Players, directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones, at Provincetown Playhouse and Plymouth Theatre, New York City, from March 9, 1922 to July 1, 1922.

   This production was praised for its use of expressionistic set design and staging techniques, and was transferred to the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway. Actor Louis Wolheim became famous for his interpretation of Yank.

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Scene 7

Carlotta Monterey as Mildred and Louis Wolheim as Yank in the 1922 production

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The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill and produced at the Provincetown Theatre, Broadway, in 1922

   Some scenes from The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) at the Provincetown Theatre, New York City, running from March 9, 1922 to July 1.

   The production by the Provincetown Players in 1922 was praised for its use of expressionistic set design and staging techniques, and was transferred to a theatre on Broadway. 

 

Louis Wolheim (center) as Robert 'Yank' Smith in the play

L. Wolheim

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The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) at the Provincetown Theatre, New York City, running from March 9, 1922 to July 1.

    Some scenes from The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954) at the Provincetown Theatre, New York City, running from March 9, 1922 to July 1.

   The production by the Provincetown Players in 1922 was praised for its use of expressionistic set design and staging techniques, and was transferred to a theatre on Broadway. 

 

Louis Wolheim (center) as Robert 'Yank' Smith in the play

L. Wolheim

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Loyalties written by John Galsworthy and produced by the Reandean Company, at St Martin’s Theatre, London from 8th March 1922 to 24th February 1923.

   A scene from Loyalties written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced by the Reandean Company, at St Martin’s Theatre, London from 8th March 1922 to 24th February 1923. 

   Meggie Albanesi as Mabel, Ernest Milton as Ferdinand de Levis and Eric Maturin as Captain Ronald Dancy in Loyalties at St Martin's Theatre, in 1922.

The Enchanted Cottage (a fable, in three acts), written by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), and performed at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, from 1st March to 22nd April 1922,

   Scenes from The Enchanted Cottage (a fable, in three acts), written by the   British playwright Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), and performed at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, from 1st March to 22nd April 1922, starring  Owen Nares/B.A. Meyer, in conjunction with Philip Michael Faraday.

   The Enchanted Cottage is a 1920 play by the British writer Arthur Wing Pinero, who called it a fable in three acts. It has a single setting, with nine speaking characters. The story concerns a maimed young officer and a dowdy village girl, who marry and find love in spite of their afflictions, after undergoing a disillusionment. 

   The play was first produced in London's West End by Owen Nares and B. A. Myer, in association with Philip Michael Faraday, during March 1922. The author himself staged the production. It had original incidental music composed by Sir Frederic Cowen. Owen Nares and Laura Cowie starred, with Nicholas Hannen and Jean Cadell in support. It ran through April 1922, when Faraday had to give up tenancy of the theatre in which it played.

Laura Cowie as Laura Pennington and Owen Nares as Oliver Bashforth in the wedding scene from Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's musical fable The Enchanted Cottage at the Duke of York's Theatre, 1921.

Laura Cowie as Laura Pennington and Owen Nares as Oliver Bashforth in Pinero's musical fable The Enchanted Cottage at the Duke of York's Theatre 1921.

Laura Cowie as Laura Pennington, Owen Nares as Oliver Bashforth and Nicholas Hennen as Major Murray Hillgrove in The Enchanted Cottage at the Duke of York's Theatre. Photograph. England, 1921.

Owen Nares and Laura Cowie (1922)