Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Secret 1922) written by Karel Čapek and produced at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, California, in 1926

A scene from Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Secret or Case 1922) written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek (1890 - 1938) and produced at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, California, by the University Players Guild, with the stage designed by Robert Redington Sharp (1904 - 1934) in 1926.

• Act I, The lawyer's office

• There are two other set scene photos by R. R. Sharpe for The Makropoulos secret
  • Act II, The bare stage
  • Act III, The hotel boudoir

Saint Joan (1923) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Théâtre des Arts in Paris under the direction of Georges Pitoëff in 1925

A scene from Saint Joan (first published in 1923) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and produced at the Théâtre des Arts in Paris under the direction of Georges Pitoëff (1884 - 1939 Russian-born of Armenian origins) in 1925.

He Who Gets Slapped written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced by the Palmetto? Players, USA, around 1925

A scene from He Who Gets Slapped (first published in 1922) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871-1919) and produced by the Palmetto? Players, USA, around 1925.

The Adding Machine (1923) written by Elmer Rice and produced at the Boston Repertry Theatre around 1925

A stage design from The Adding Machine  (first published in 1923)  written by the American playwright Elmer Rice (1892-1967) and produced at the Boston Repertory Theatre around 1925, which was drawn by Yonel Yolgresco?

The Fountain written by Eugene O'Neill and produced, with the scenic design by Macklin Morrow, at the Greenwich Village Theatre, New York City, having run for 28 performances from Dec. 10, 1925 to Jan. 1926

Scenes from The Fountain (first performed in 1913) written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced, with the scenic design by Macklin Morrow, at the Greenwich Village Theatre, New York City, having run for 28 performances from December 10, 1925 to January 1926.

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Androcles and the Lion (1913) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Klaw Theatre by the Theatre Guild, New York, in 1925

A set design of 1926 by Miguel Covarrubias (1904 - 1957) for Androcles and the Lion (first published in 1913) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at the Klaw Theatre by the Theatre Guild, New York, under the direction of Philip Moeller (1880 - 1958), running for  68 performances from November 23, 1925 to January 1926.

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He Who Gets Slapped written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Paris

A scene from He Who Gets Slapped (Larmes de clown) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871-1919) and produced at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, Paris, under the direction of Georges Pitoëff (1884 - 1939) around 1925.

Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen (1913) written by Fritz von Unruh and performed at the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf probably on October 24, 1925.

A scene from the fourth act of Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preußen (first published in 1913) written by the German playwright Fritz von Unruh (1885-1970) and performed at the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf, Germany, probably on October 24, 1925.

Programme Fritz von Unruh LOUIS FERDINAND PRINZ VON PREUẞEN 18 September 1925 Schauspielhaus Dresden

The Glass Slipper written by Ferenc Molnár and produced by New York Theatre Guild at the Guild Theatre, New York City, having run for 65 performances from Oct. 19, 1925 to Dec. 1925

   A scene from The Glass Slipper written by the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878 - 1952) and produced by New York Theatre Guild at the Guild Theatre, New York City, featuring George Baxter, Helen Westley & Lee Baker, having run for 65 performances from October 19, 1925 to December 1925.

   The Glass Slipper : "A Comedy" by Ferenc Molnar ("Acting version by Philip Moeller"). Produced by The Theatre Guild at the Guild Theatre (NYC - 1925) starring Erskine Sanford, Martin Wolfson, Louis Cruger, Ralph McBane, etc. Directed by Philip Moeller.

   New York Times :  1924/12/21  'GLASS SLIPPER,' MOLNAR PLAY, RIVALS 'LILIOM'; Hungarian ...  LAST Summer, while visiting Ferenc Molnar at his home in Budapest, the Hungarian dramatist mentioned to me the play on which he was then at work, "The Glass Slipper" ("Der Gläserne Schuh")

The Miracle (Das Mirakel 1911) written by Karl Vollmöller (1878 - 1948) and produced, under the direction of Max Reinhardt, at Salzburger Festspiele, Austria, in 1925.

Scenes from The Miracle (Das Mirakel 1911) written by the German playwright Karl Vollmöller (1878 - 1948) and produced, under the direction of Max Reinhardt, at Salzburger Festspiele, Austria, in 1925.

The Gods of the Mountain written by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957) and produced at the Pirandello Theater, Sicily in Italy, in 1925.

Scenes from The Gods of the Mountain written by the Irish dramatist Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878 - 1957) and produced at the Pirandello Theater, Agrigento,  Sicily in Italy, in 1925.

Und Pippa Tantz! (1906) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and produced at the Deutsches Schauspielhous, Hamburg around 1910

A scene from Und Pippa Tantz! (1906) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) and produced at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus (opened in 1901), Hamburg, in September 1925.

The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill, and produced by Aleksandr Tairov at the Kamerny Theatre, Moscow, around 1925

   Some scenes from The Hairy Ape (a play in eight scenes, premiere in 1922) written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953), and produced by Aleksandr Tairov (Russian leading theatrical artist, 1885 - 1950) at the Kamerny (Chamber) Theatre, Moscow, around 1925.

   Tailov directed another O'Neill's play Desire Under the Elms in 1930.

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Fantasio (a comedy in two acts, published in 1833) written by Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), and performed at the Comédie-Française on 21 August 1925.

Scenes from Fantasio (a comedy in two acts, published in 1833) written by the French playwright Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), and performed at the Comédie-Française on 21 August 1925.

Marie Bell (1900–1985) as Princess Lisbeth and Pierre Fresnay (1897–1975) in the title role

Set for Fantasio at the Comédie Française in 1941

Comédie-Française (21 August 1925)

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Pierre Fresnay : Fantasio

Marie Bell as Elsbeth

Fernand Ledoux as Spark

Pierre Bertin as Prince of Mantua

Georges Dorival : Marinoni

Jacques Guilhène : Hartman

Jean Weber as Facio

René Simon: Rütten

Catherine Fonteney as the housekeeper

Albert Reyval as the princess's officer

André Bacqué as King of Bavaria

Marcel Dufresne as Tailor

Jeanne Sully as a page

Suzanne Rouyer as a page

Gengangere (Ghosts, 1881) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and produced in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1925, starring Betty Nansen and Henrik Bentzon

A scene from Gengangere (Ghosts, 1881) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1925, starring Betty Nansen (Danish actress, 1873 - 1943) and Henrik Bentzon.

Gesellschaft by John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced in Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, starring Hugo Thimig, Aurel Nowotny, Richard Romanowsky and Carl Goetz, in 1925.

A scene from  "Gesellschaft" by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and produced in  Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria, starring Hugo Thimig, Aurel Nowotny, Richard Romanowsky and Carl Goetz,  in 1925.

Der befreite Don Quijote written by Anatolii Lunacharskii and produced at the Volkesbuehne in Berlin in 1925

A scene from Der befreite Don Quijote written by the Russian playwright Anatolii Vasilyevich Lunacharskii (1875 - 1933) and produced at the Volksbühne, Berlin, in December in 1925.

Le Temps est un songe (1919) written by Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951) and produced at the Princeton Theater Institute, USA around 1925

A scene from Le Temps est un songe (Time Is a Dream, first published in 1919) written by the French playwright Henri-René Lenormand (1882-1951) and produced at the Princeton Theater Institute, USA, around 1925.

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Trommeln in der Nacht (Drums in the Night, 1919) written by Bertolt Brecht and produced at Schauspielhaus Frankfurt in 1925?

Stage-design by Ludwig Jeefeld? for the first act of Trommeln in der Nacht (Drums in the Night, first published in 1919) written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) and produced at Schauspielhaus Frankfurt  in 1925?

Desire under the Elms (1924) written by Eugene O’Neill and produced in Prague with the stage design by Antony Haitham?, in 1925

A scene from Desire under the Elms (1924) written by the American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced in Prague with the stage designed by Antony Haitham?, in 1925.

The Emperor Jones (1920) written by Eugene O’Neill and produced probably at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague with sage-design by Vlastislav Hofman around 1925

Theater set for The Emperor Jones (1920) written by the American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced probably at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague with the sage designed by Vlastislav Hofman (Czech artist, 1884 - 1964) around 1925.

Clo-Clo, performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, from June 9, 1925, running for 95 performances.

Scenes from Clo-Clo, performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, from June 9, 1925, running for 95 performances. 

Hay Fever (a comic play, 1924), written by Noël Coward, and first produced in the West End, London, in 1925 with Marie Tempest as Judith Bliss.

   Scenes from Hay Fever (a comic play, 1924), written by the English dramatist Noël Coward (1899-1973), and first produced in the West End, London, in 1925 with Marie Tempest as Judith Bliss. 

   Hay Fever was produced at the Ambassadors Theatre from 8th June 1925 to 31st March 1926, directed by Coward, and transferred to the larger Criterion Theatre on 7 September 1925; it ran for 337 performances.

1925: Marie Tempest (centre), in 'Hay Fever' at The Ambassadors Theatre in London

Marie Tempest as Judith with Robert Andrews and Helen Spencer as her children, 1925

Act III: the guests make their escape, 1925 production

This may be the one from the Broadway production. Hay Fever opened in 1925 at the Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York; the star, Laura Hope Crews, was accused of over-acting, not all the supporting cast were competent, and the production closed after 49 performances.