Pictures from the Insects’ Life (1921) written by Karel Čapek and Josef Čapek, and produced at the Jolson's 59th Street Theater, New York, in 1922 - 23

Scenes from Ze života hmyzu (Pictures from the Insects’ Life or The World We Live In, first published in 1921)  written by the Czech playwrights Karel Čapek (1890-1938) and Josef Čapek (1887-1945), and produced by William A. Brady at the Jolson's 59th Street Theatre, New York, with the stage designed by Lee Simonson, running for 111 performances from October 31, 1922 to February 1923.

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The Insect Play (also known as The World We Live In) written by Josef Čapek and Karel Čapek, and produced by William A. Brady, having run from Oct. 31, 1922 to Feb. 1923

Scenes from The Insect Play (also known as The World We Live In, A play in thee acts, a prelude, and an epilogue) written by the Czech playwrights Josef Čapek (1887 - 1945) and Karel Čapek (1890 - 1938), and produced by William A. Brady, at the Jolson's 59th Street Theatre, New York, having run for 111 performances from Oct. 31, 1922 to Feb. 3, 1923.

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Phaedra (a French tragedy in five acts) written by Jean Racine (1639-1699) and performed in 1922 presumably in Moscow.

Scenes from Phaedra (a French tragedy in five acts) written by the French dramatist Jean Racine (1639-1699) and performed in 1922 presumably in Moscow with the Russian actor Nikolai M. Tseretelli (1890-1942) as Hippolytus.

A. Koonen - Phaedra, N. Tseretelli - Hippolytus. "Phaedra" by J. Racine. 1922

Sketch of the program for the play "Phaedra" by J. Racine. 1921

Stage design for the theatre play The Magnanimous Cuckold (Le Cocu Magnifique) by F. Crommelynck, and produced by Vsevolod Meyerhold in 1922.

   Stage design for the theatre play The Magnanimous Cuckold (Le Cocu Magnifique) by the Belgian dramatist F. Crommelynck (1886-1970), and produced in 1922 by Vsevolod Meyerhold, who staged the biomechanical show, building an enormous scaffolding of ladders and slopes on the stage from which the actors performed a symphonic sequence of exercises and acrobatics. 

Designs for a stage set for a production of 'magnanimous cuckold' by f, krommelink staged by Vsevolod Meyerhold, 1922.

R.U.R. (Rossum Robot, 1920) written by Karel Čapek (1890-1938) and produced by the Theatre Guild, New York City, running for 184 performances from October 9, 1922, until March 10, 1923.

Scenes from R.U.R. (Rossum Robot, a science fiction play, 1920) written by the Czech writer Karel Čapek (1890-1938) and produced by the Theatre Guild, New York City, running for 184 performances from October 9, 1922, until March 10, 1923.

Theatre Guild, R U R, Epilogue

 Act I. The woman seated on the left is Helena, the president's daughter, who visited a robot manufacturing plant. The people in uniform-like clothes visible in the back center are mass-produced "robots" in factories.

Act II