Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Lyubov Yarovaya written by the Russian playwright Konstantin Trenyov (1875-1957), and produced in 1926, with the stage set by N. A. Menshutin .

   A scene from Lyubov Yarovaya written by the Russian playwright Konstantin Trenyov (1875-1957), and produced in 1926, with the stage set by N. A. Menshutin.

   Konstantin Andreyevich Trenyov (2 June 1876 – 19 May 1945) was a Soviet Russian playwright and writer whose works exemplified early socialist realist drama, with his most renowned piece being the historical play Lyubov Yarovaya (1926), centered on Bolshevik struggles during the Russian Civil War



Stage set by N. A. Menshutin for Lyubov Yarovaya 


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

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

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.








Friday, 26 December 2025

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.








Sunday, 21 December 2025

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?





Wednesday, 10 December 2025

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.


Scene 2

Scene 6

Scene 6

Scene 4

Scene 7