The stage-set for Rasputin written by Alexej Tolstoi and cited by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, with the stage designed by Erwin Piscator, in 1927

The stage-set for Rasputin written by Alexej Tolstoi and cited by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), with the stage designed by Erwin Piscator that included a recording of Lenin's voice, in 1927.

Photo by Russian photojournalist and artist Sasha Stone

Baal (premiered in 1923 in Leipzig) written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht and produced under the direction of B. Brecht and O. Homolka at the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin, in 1926, with Paul Bildt (right) as Ekart and Oskar Homolka as Baal

 A scene from Baal (premiered in 1923 in Leipzig) written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) and produced under the direction of B. Brecht and O. Homolka at the Deutsches Theatre, Berlin, in 1926, with Paul Bildt (right) as Ekart and Oskar Homolka as Baal.

Mann ist Mann (Man is Man) written by Bertolt Brecht and produced at the Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, on February 6, 1931

Scenes from Mann ist Mann (Man is Man, comedy) written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) and produced at the Schauspielhaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, on February 6, 1931.

Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper, play with music, 1928) written by Bertolt Brecht and premiered at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, with the music by Kurt Weill, on August 31, 1928

A scene from Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper, play with music, 1928) written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) and premiered at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, with the music by Kurt Weill, on August 31, 1928.

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Blanchette (1892) written by Eugène Briex and produced at the Comédie-Française, Paris in1930

Scenes from Blanchette (3-act-comedy, first published in 1892) written by the French playwright Eugène Briex (1858 - 1932) and produced at the Comédie-Française, Paris, in 1930.

The First Act

 

The Third Act

The Fourth Act

Stevedore (play of a longshoremen's strike) produced by the Negro Repertory Company in Seattle, in 1936

A scene from Stevedore (3-act play of a longshoremen's strike) written by Paul Peter and George Sklar (American playwright, 1908 - 1988), and produced by the Negro Repertory Company in Seattle, in 1936.

Stevedore's cast brought white and African American actors together in a play about the tenuous solidarity built during labor strikes

The 1936 production of “Stevedore” by George Sklar and Paul Peter, which explored the confluence of class and racial prejudice

The play so resonated with Seattle's audiences, who had experienced the 1934 longshore strike, that some members of the audience spontaneously joined the cast on stage to help build the barricades in the final scene.

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Set design by Robert Edmond Jones (1887 - 1954) for the court room in Machinal (1928) written by the American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell, and produced under the direction of Arthur Hopkins, at the Plymouth Theatre, in 1928

Set design by Robert Edmond Jones (American scenic designer, 1887 - 1954) for the court room in Machinal (1928) written by the American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell (1885 - 1970), inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, and produced under the direction of Arthur Hopkins, at the Plymouth Theatre, having run for 91 performances from Sep. 7, 1928 to Nov. 24, 1928. This Broadway premiere is considered one of the highpoints of Expressionist theatre on the American stage.

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Servant of Two Masters (1746) written by Carlo Goldoni in a production by Max Reinhardt, at the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Austria, in 1926

A scene from Servant of Two Masters (1746) written by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793) and produced under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873 -1943), starring Hermann, Helene and Hugo Thimig, at the Felsenreitschule (Summer Riding School), Salzburg, Austria, in 1926.

The Cenci written by the French dramatist Antonin Artaud and staged his own play in 1935.

   A scene from The Cenci (adaptation of Percy Byssh Shelley’s drama, displaying a great deal of violence and gore) written by the French dramatist Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948) and staged his own play in 1935.

   Artaud played the lead role of Count Cenci, a nobleman in the sixteenth century. After seventeen performances, the production was closed and considered a failure.

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The Bedbug (Клоп, experimental work) written by the Russian playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1928-1929, and produced by Meyerhold's theatre group in Moscow, under the direction of Vladimir Mayakovsky with sets designed by Alexander Rodchenko

A scene from The Bedbug (Клоп, experimental work) written by the Russian playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1928-1929 and published originally in 1929, and produced by Meyerhold's theatre group in Moscow, under the direction of the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky with sets designed by constructivist artist Alexander Rodchenko.

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Hoppla, Wir Leben! (Hoppla, We are Alive! new objectivity play) written by the German playwright Ernst Toller and produced secondly under the direction of Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927

A scene from Hoppla, Wir Leben! (Hoppla, We are Alive! new objectivity play) written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 -1939) and produced secondly under the direction of Erwin Piscator (1893 -1966), Berlin, 1927. Piscator pioneered the use of multimedia resources in the theatre, particularly photography and film.

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Boris Godunov written by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin and performed under the direction of B. Sushkevich starring N. K. Simonov in the lead role, at the Alexandrinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, in 1934

A scene from Boris Godunov written by the Russian playwright Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) and performed under the direction of B. Sushkevich starring N. K. Simonov in the lead role, at the Alexandrinsky Theatre (opened in 1832), Saint Petersburg, in 1934.

Bacchae (tragedy) written Euripides and produced at the New Theatre, Cambridge, on 4-8 March 1930

Some scenes from Bacchae (tragedy) written the Ancient Greek playwright Euripides (c. 480 BC - C. 406 BC) and produced by members of the University, together with an English prose translation by D. W. Lucas, at the New Theatre, Cambridge, on 4 - 8 March 1930.

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Mrs Warren's Profession (1893) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced by the Progressive Players, from 13 to 15 January 1932,

A scene from Mrs Warren's Profession (a play of Victorian England, 1893) written by the English playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced by the Progressive Players (amateur drama company), from 13 to 15 January 1932, with the cast of Tom Fenwick, Lillian Gass, Bob Redfern, Ellen Craig, Gordon Bremner, Jim Rowell.

Der grüne Kakadu (The Green Cockatoo, 1898) written by the German playwright Arthur Schnitzler and directed by Iden Payne at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama in 1926?

A scene of Der grüne Kakadu (The Green Cockatoo, first published in 1898) written by the German playwright Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) and directed by Iden Payne at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama in 1926?

The Moon of the Caribbees written by Eugene O'Neill, and performed at the Lafayette Theatre, New YOrk City, having run from October 29, 1937 to January 15, 1938,

   A scene from The Moon of the Caribbees written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953), and performed at the Lafayette Theatre, New York City, having run for 68 performances from October 29, 1937 to January 15, 1938.

   The Cast: Canada Lee (Yank), Joseph Pope Jones (Jack), Oliver Foster (Lamps), Walter Duke (Chips), Service Bell (Old Tom), Jacqueline Martin (Bella), Rose Poindexter (Pearl), Edward Fleischer (First Mate).

The Moon of the Caribbees: Preliminary Drawing (Deck of the S.S. Glencairn) (1934-1943)

Perry Watkins (American, 1907-1974 )

Die Verbrecher (The Criminals, 1929) written by Ferdinand Bruckner and directed by Helmut Hilbert? at the Deutschen Theater, Berlin with the stage-design by Greeze? in 1928

Some scenes from Die Verbrecher (The Criminals, first published in 1928) written by the German playwright Ferdinand Bruckner (1891-1958) and produced under the direction of Helmut Hilbert? at the Deutschen Theater, Berlin, with the stage designed by Greeze?  in 1928, with the actors Hans Albers, Lucie Hoeflich, Mathias Wiemann, Gustav Gruendgens.

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Waiting for Lefty written by Clifford Odets and produced by the Seattle Repertory Playhouse in Seattle, in January 1936

A scene from Waiting for Lefty written by the American playwright Clifford Odets (1906 - 1963) and produced by the Seattle Repertory Playhouse in Seattle, in January 1936.

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Long Day's Journey Into Night, written by Eugene O'Neill (1956), first performed in Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm Sweden, in 1956

Scenes from Long Day's Journey Into Night written by Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) in 1942/43, published in 1956, and first performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden, under the direction of Bengt Ekerot, with the cast of Lars Hanson (James Tyrone), Inga Tidblad (Mary Tyrone), Ulf Palme (James Tyrone, Jr.), Jarl Kulle (Edmund Tyrone) and Catrin Westerlund, in 1956 

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Desire under the Elms (1924) written by Eugene G. O'Neill and produced at the Karmerny (Chamber) Theatre, Moscow, under the direction of Aleksandr Yakovlevich Tairov (1885-1950) in 1930

A scene from Desire under the Elms (first published in 1924) written by the American playwright Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (1888-1953) and produced at the Karmerny (Chamber) Theatre, Moscow, under the direction of Aleksandr Yakovlevich Tairov (1885-1950) in 1930. In this year, Kamerny Theatre toured to Germany, Prague, Vienna, Italy, Paris, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo, performing Oscar Wilde's Salome, Alexander Ostrovsky's Storm, Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, and Charles Lecocq's Girofle-Girofla.

Desire under the Elms (1924) written by Eugene O’Neill and produced at the Kamerny Theatre, Moscow, in 1926

A scene from Desire under the Elms (1924) written by the American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced under the direction of Alexander Tairov and Alice Koonen at the Kamerny Theatre,  Moscow, in 1926.

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