Henry VIII, believed to be by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, and performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 6th November 1933.

 A scene from the play Henry VIII, believed to be by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, and performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 6th November 1933. 

British actor Charles Laughton (1899 - 1962, left) plays Henry with Robert Farquarson as Wolsey and Flora Robson (1902 - 1984, centre) as Catherine of Aragon. 

Henry VIII: Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at The Old Vic. Waterloo Road. Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London Season 1933-1934

Henry V, The Old Vic, London, started on 7th November 1921.

Premiere of the opera Macbeth by the British composer, conductor, and record producer Lawrance Collingwood (1887–1982), at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, on April 12, 1934.

A scene from the Premiere of the opera Macbeth by the British composer, conductor, and record producer Lawrance Collingwood (1887–1982), at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, on April 12, 1934.

Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced on 25 February 1931, probably at the Nationaltheatret in Norway.

   Scenes from Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced  on 25 February 1931, probably at the Nationaltheatret in Norway.

   Lady Inger. Historical drama in five acts had its premiere at The Norwegian Theatre in Bergen 2 January 1855, and was first published as a serial in the weekly magazine Illustreret Nyhedsblad No. 22–34, 1857. 

Participants:
Sigurd Eldegard        Bear
Gerd Grieg        Eline Gyldenløve
Johanne Dybwad        Mrs. Inger
Tryggve Larssen        Farm bailiff Einar Huk
Hans Jacob Nilsen        The house servant Finn
Henrik Børseth        Jens Bjelke
Olafr Havrevold        Nils Stenssøn
Egil Eide        Olaf Skaktavl
August Oddvar        Privy Councillor Nils Lykke
DIRECTION        Johanne Dybwad
SCENOGRAPHY        Oliver Neerland
COSTUME DESIGN        Jacob Von Der Lippe

Mrs. Inger to Ostråt (1857, Mrs. Inger to Ostrat), Premiere 25 February 1931

August Oddvar as Nils Lykke    Johanne Dybwad as Mrs. Inger

Revisor (The Government Inspector), written by Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1952) and produced under the direction of Vs. Meyerhold (1874 -1940) at The State Theater named after Vs. Meyerhold, Moscow, on December 9, 1926.

   Scenes from Revisor ("The Inspector General" or "The Government Inspector"), written by the Russian playwright Nikolai Gogol (1809 - 1952) and produced under the direction of Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (1874 -1940) at The State Theater named after Vs. Meyerhold, Moscow, on December 9, 1926.

   On December 9, 1926, after nearly two years of extensive research and rehearsals, Vsevolod Meyerhold premiered his Inspector General (Revizor). Though the production provoked a tempest in the Soviet press and was much discussed by the critics of both liberal and Communist bent, foreign—mostly American—witnesses had no doubt about...

Anti-illusionist stage from Vsevolod Meyerhold's production of Nikolay Gogol's Revizor, Moscow, 1926

The final scene of the play The Government Inspector

 When Meyerhold directed Revisor in the 1920s, he found a means of showing a frozen group of people. He had them replaced with wax figures. 

The Government Inspector in Meyerhold's theatre. Articles.

Aju ja Mikko (Anu and Mikko), written by Kersti Bergroth, and performed at the Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki, on 2 October 1932.

   Scenes from Aju ja Mikko (Anu and Mikko), written by the Finnish writer Kersti Bergroth, and performed at the Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki, on 2 October 1932.

   Kersti Bergroth's Finnish play Anu and Mikko, which premiered at the Finnish National Theatre on 2 October 1932, is a wonderful, wise and warm comedy. It is an unsweetened description of a village community written in the Antrea dialect that survives the setbacks, turmoil and divisions caused by the global recession through consensus and negotiation.
   Kersti Solveig Bergroth (24 January 1886 – 24 January 1975) was a Finnish writer who is best remembered for her plays Anu and Mikko and Kuparsaare Antti, written in the Karelian dialect. His career as a writer was unusually long, more than 60 years.

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Gas (1918) written by Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced at Staatliches Schillertheater, Berlin, 1928,

Scenes from Gas  (1918) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced at the Staatliches Schillertheater, Berlin, 1928, with stage designs of a laboratory for the play Gas by Georg Kaiser.

The Man of Destiny (1897), written by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and produced at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, London, in 1948.

A scene from The Man of Destiny (1897), written by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), and produced at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, London, in 1948.

The Man Of Destiny - The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, 1948

The play, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon, was written for Ellen Terry and Richard Mansfield, but was first performed, on 1 July 1897, at the Grand Theatre, Croydon, with Murray Carson and Florence West in the principal roles.

The theatre play Let's Leave It At That, performed on 13th April 1929.

 A scene from the theatre play Let's Leave It At That, performed on 13th April 1929.

Sweet Aloes (British Comedy), written by Jay Mallory, at a Local Theatre, Washington, on February 25, 1936, starring Evelyn Laye.

    A scene from Sweet Aloes (British Comedy), written by Jay Mallory, at a Local Theatre, Washington, on February 25, 1936, starring Evelyn Laye.

   New York Times :   1936/02/25  AMERICAN PREMIERE FOR 'SWEET ALOES'; British Comedy by Jay Mallory, Starring Evelyn Laye, Opens in Washington. ...  Evelyn Laye and an able supporting cast captured Washington theatre-goers tonight in the American premiere of "Sweet Aloes," the British comedy by Jay Mallory.

The Devil in the Cheese written by Tom Cushing and produced by Charles Hopkins at the Charles Hopkins Theatre, New York City, in 1926 to 1927

   Scenes from The Devil in the Cheese (3-act fantastic comedy) written by the American playwright Tom Cushing (1879 - 1941) and produced by Charles Hopkins at the Charles Hopkins Theatre, New York City, having run for 157 performances from December 29, 1926 until May 1927.

   New York Times :  1927/04/15  HOPKINS ABANDONS PLAY.; " The Devil in the Cheese" to Move to ...  "The Devil in the Cheese,” which has been running at the Charles Hopkins Theatre since the holidays, will be transferred to the Plymouth a week from Monday.

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Enrico IV (Henry IV 1922), written by Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) and produced by the Community Players of Winnipeg, at the Little Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada, from 17 to 20 October 1928.

    Scenes from Enrico IV (Henry IV 1922), written by the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) and produced by the Community Players of Winnipeg, at the Little Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada, from 17 to 20 October 1928, featuring W. McGuillen (left) and G. Waight.

   The only artworks that have survived to document FitzGerald’s engagement with the theatre are three drawings and a painting related to a single production. From 17–20 October 1928, the Community Players presented one of their most ambitious dramas, Henry IV, a play in three acts by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936).

The Community Players of Winnipeg production of Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello (17–20 October 1928) featured paintings by L. LeMoine FitzGerald. On the left of this cast photo is Donna Matilda Spina (Lady in Green, Musée d’art de Joliette) and on the right, Henry IV (location unknown).

Little Theatre production of Pirandello’s Henry IV in 1928, featuring W. McGuillen (left) and G. Waight

Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre performed at Severance Hall, in 1934, with Richard Rychtarik’s stage designs.

Scenes from Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre performed at Severance Hall, in 1934, with Richard Rychtarik’s stage designs.

Richard Rychtarik’s realized stage designs for The Cleveland Orchestra’s production of  at Severance Hall, 1934.

Performance of Die Walküre at Severance Hall, 1934.

 Die Walküre  3rd Act. 1934 Emil Preetorius Bühnenphoto

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), performed in 1930 possibly at the Haus der alten Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin.

   Scenes from Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), performed in 1930 possibly at the Haus der alten Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin. 

   Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), is the second of four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). This is a partial discography of Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre. It was first performed at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870. 

Die Walküre 2nd act Bayreuth 1930 Set design K.Söhnlein and F. Kranich d.J.

Die Walküre, act 2 Bayreuth 1930. Nanny Larsen-Todsen (Brünnhilde), Emmy Krüger (Sieglinde) and Gunnar Graarud (Siegfried)

Die Walküre, 2nd Act,  1930 F.Kranich und K.Söhnlein Bühnenphoto

Die Walküre  2nd Act,  1933 Emil Preetorius Bühnenphoto

Hoppla wir leben (Hoppla, We're Alive! 1925) written by Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939), and, in its second production, directed by the seminal epic theatre director Erwin Piscator, in Berlin, 1927.

Scenes from Hoppla wir leben (Hoppla, We're Alive! 1925) written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939), and, in its second production, directed by the seminal epic theatre director Erwin Piscator, in Berlin, 1927.

Scene from 'Hoppla wir leben', directed by Erwin Piscator, 1927

Piscator, Stage for Ernst Tollere'S Hoppla, wir leben, 1927

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Drawings of Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966) made in 1928 for his revolutionary staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth in London in 1929.

Drawings of Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966) made in 1928 for his revolutionary staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth in London in 1929. 

Escape written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) and produced at the Booth Theatre, New York, on October 26, 1927

   Scenes from Escape (a play in prologue, two parts and ten scenes) written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) and produced by Winthrop Ames (1870 - 1937) at the Booth Theatre, New York, having run for 173 performances form October 26, 1927 to March 1928, starring Leslie Howard (By arrangement with Gilbert Miller), Henrietta Goodwin, Frieda Inescort, Alan Trotter, Ruth Vivian, Edgar B. Kent, etc. 

   Escape is a play in nine episodes by the British writer John Galsworthy. The world premiere was on August 12, 192 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End, produced by Leon M. Lion. The play ran until March of the following year, when it went on tour of England with Gerald Ames in the lead role. Subsequently, the play transferred to Broadway where it was produced and staged by Winthrop Ames. The American production ran for 173 performances from 26 October 1927 to March 1928 at the Booth Theatre, New York City. It was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1927–1928.

Austin Trevor and Leslie Howard in the Broadway production of Escape (1927)

Leslie Howard in John Galsworthy’s Escape, Booth Theatre, New York, October 26, 1927

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