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 the French playwright Henri-René Lenormand (having steeped in symbolism, 1882 - 1951) and produced at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, 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), having run for 40 performances from November 19, 1923 to January 1924.

 

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

 

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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. 

Kaiser's drama Side by Side (Nebeneinander, 1923), a 'people's play' (Volksstück), premiered in Berlin on 3 November 1923, directed by Berthold Viertel with design by George Grosz. With this play Kaiser moved away from the Expressionism of his previous works. Utilizing a more rounded characterization and more realistic curt, comic dialogue to tell a light-hearted story of an idealistic pawnbroker caught up in the hyperinflation afflicting Germany at the time (the currency stabilization came a fortnight after the play opened), the play inaugurated the 'new sobriety' (Neue Sachlichkeit) in the drama. "Kaiser has left the cloud that used to surround him," a review in the Weltbühne suggested, "and landed with both feet on the earth."