Saturday, 18 November 2023

Les Ratés (1920), written by Henri-René Lenormand and produced at the Theatre Guild, New York, in 1923-24

Scenes from Les Ratés (The Failures, 1920), written by French playwright Henri-René Lenormand (having steeped in symbolism, 1882 - 1951) and produced by the Theatre Guild, under the direction of Stark Young (1881 - 1963) with the stage designed by Lee Simonson (American stage setting designer, 1888 - 1967), at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, where it ran for 40 performances from November 19, 1923 to January 1924.










 

Tuesday, 7 November 2023

The World Turned Upside Down written by Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov and performed at the Meyerhold Theatre, Moscow, on 7 November 1923.

   Scenes from The World Turned Upside Down written by the Russian playwright Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1892-1937) and performed at the Meyerhold Theatre, Moscow, on 7 November 1923. This play is an adaptation of Marcel Martinet's poem La nuit (1922).








Stage Design For The Play "The World Turned Upside Down" By S. Tretyakov
 

Friday, 3 November 2023

Nebeneinander (1923), written by Georg Kaiser and produced at Die Truppe, Berlin, in 1923

A scene from Nebeneinander (Side by Side, people's play, 1923), written by German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced by the theatre group Die Truppe under the direction of Berthold Viertel (Austrian director, 1885 - 1953), with design by George Grosz, at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin on November 3, 1923. With this play, Kaiser moved away from the Expressionism of his previous works.



 

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Thursday, 2 November 2023

Scenes from Nebeneinander (Side by Side), written by Georg Kaiser, and premiered at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin, on 3 November, 1923, directed by Berthold Viertel with design by George Grosz.

Scenes from Nebeneinander (Side by Side), written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 – 1945), and premiered at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin, on 3 November,  1923, directed by Berthold Viertel with design by George Grosz. It is said that with this play Kaiser moved away from the Expressionism of his previous works.