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.

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

Scenes from Blanchette (a 3-act comedy, first published in 1892), written by 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 for the court room in Machinal (1928), written by 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 courtroom 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, where it ran for 91 performances from September 7, 1928, to November 24, 1928.

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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 Antonin Artaud and staged his own play in 1935.

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

Scenes from Bacchae (tragedy), written 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 in 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 American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953), and performed at the Lafayette Theatre in New York City, where it ran for 68 performances from October 29, 1937, until January 15, 1938. The cast includes 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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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 American playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953) and produced under the direction of Alexander Tairov and Alice Koonen at the Kamerny Theatre (Chamber Theater) in  Moscow, in 1926.

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Die Bürger von Calais (The Citizens of Calais, first published in 1913) written by Georg Kaiser and performed at Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf in 1928

A scene from Die Bürger von Calais (The Citizens of Calais, first published in 1913) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878-1945) and performed at the Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, in 1928.

Act I

A Man's a Man (Mann ist Mann 1924), written by Bertolt Brecht, and performed for the first time in 1926 in Darmstadt, Germany

A scene from A Man's a Man (Mann ist Mann, comedy, 1924), written by German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) and performed for the first time in 1926 in Darmstadt, Germany. The play premiered simultaneously in Darmstadt and Düsseldorf in 1926 with the subtitle "The Transformation of Packer Galy Gay in the Military Barracks of Kilkoa in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Five".

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) written in 1944 by Bertolt Brecht, with the decor by Karl von Appen

Final scene from The Caucasian Chalk Circle  (Der kaukasische Kreidekreis) written in 1944 by the german playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) while Brecht was living in the United States, with the decor by Karl von Appen.

Metal Dance by Oskar Schlemmer (a German painter 1888 - 1943) pereformed in 1926

Scenes from Metal Dance by Oskar Schlemmer (a German painter 1888 - 1943) performed in 1926.

T. Lux Feininger Bauhaus Stage- Dance in Metal by Oskar Schlemmer, performed by von Karla Grosch, 1928

Metal Dance, 1929, Oskar Schlemmer

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Faust written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, with the scene designed by Jo Mielziner, at Helen Hayes Theatre, in March 1927

A scene from Faust written by the German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, with the scene designed by Jo Mielziner (American theatrical scenic designer 1901 - 1976), at Helen Hayes Theatre, in March 1927.

Rasputin written by Aleksey N. Tolstoy, and directed by the Piscator-Bühne collective, in 1927

Scenes from Rasputin written by the Russian playwright Aleksey N. Tolstoy (1883 - 1945), and directed by the Piscator-Bühne collective, in 1927.

Le théâtre Alfred Jarry et l’hostilité publique, directed by Antonin Artaud on June 1 & 2, 1927 at Théâtre de Grenelle, Paris.

A scene from Le théâtre Alfred Jarry et l’hostilité publique, directed by Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), on June 1 and 2, 1927, at Théâtre de Grenelle, Paris. 

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Tri Sestry (Three Sisters/ Tre Sorelle 1900) written by Anton Chekhov and produced at the Schiller Theater in Berlin under the direciton of Jürgen Fehling, in December 1926.

Two scenes from Tri Sestry (Three Sisters, Drei Schwestern 1900) written by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) and produced at the Schiller Theater in Berlin under the direction of Jürgen Fehling, in December 1926.