A scene from Miss Julie (naturalistic play, 1888), written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) and first produced at The People's Theatre, Stockholm, in November 1906.
Thursday, 23 November 2006
Monday, 20 November 2006
Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening) by Frank Wedekind under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Kammerspielen, Berlin, with the stage design by Karl Walser in 1906
Scenes from Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening 1891), written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918) and first produced at the Kammerspielen, Berlin, under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873 - 1943) with the stage designed by Karl Walser (Swiss artist, 1877 -1943) on November 20, 1906.         |
| Alexander Moissi in the role of Moritz, 1906 |
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| Camilla Eibenschütz in the role of Wendla, 1906 |
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Wedekind's Spring's Awakening at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, in 1906. Melchoir is expelled from school, with Berhardt von Jacobi as Melchior and design by Karl Walser |
Sunday, 19 November 2006
Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891), written by Frank Wedekind and first produced at the Kammerspiele in Berlin on November 20, 1906.
Scenes from Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891), written by German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) and first produced at the Kammerspiele in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873-1943), with the stage designed by Karl Walser (Swiss artist, 1877-1943), on November 20, 1906. The main cast included Alexander Moissi as Moritz and Camilla Eibenschütz as Wendla.
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Wedekind's Spring's Awakening at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, in 1906. Melchoir is expelled from school, with Berhardt von Jacobi as Melchior |
Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891) written by Frank Wedekind, and premiered under the direction of Max Reinhardt at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, on November 20, 1906
A scene from Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, published in 1891), written by German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918), and premiered under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873 - 1943) at the Kammerspiele, Berlin, on November 20, 1906. In the Reinhardt production, though much was cut, the cast included Alexander Moissi, Gertrud Eysoldt, and Wedekind’s favorite actor, Albert Steinrück.
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| finale of the Reinhardt production of 1906, in which Frank Wedekind portrayed the Masked Man (center) |
Wednesday, 11 October 2006
A vaudeville performance based on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady” in 1906.
A vaudeville performance based on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady” in 1906, when The Journal of the English Folk Song Society published a piece on the old English ballad “Death and the Lady.”
Scenes from "Death and the Lady", taken by Joseph Hall.
Tuesday, 3 October 2006
The Great Divide (a prose play) written by William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910), on Broadway at the Princess Theatre, running for 238 performances from October 3, 1906, to March 24, 1907.
Scenes from The Great Divide (a prose play, written by the American playwright William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910)), first presented under the title of The Sabine Woman at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906, and then on Broadway at the Princess Theatre, where it ran for 238 performances from October 3, 1906 until March 24, 1907.
The New York Times : 1917/02/08 'THE GREAT DIVIDE' REVIVED; Henry Miller Acts Again His Role ... Henry Miller, who first presented the play in October of 1906 in the old Princess Theatre, acted again his original role of Stephen Ghent, and in a brief curtain speech demanded by the...
Henry Miller, H.B. Walthall, Margaret Anglin, Robert Cummings, The Great Divide, Act I.
Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin in The Great Divide, Act II
Sunday, 1 October 2006
Hjältar (Heroes) performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1906.
Scenes from Hjältar (Heroes) performed at the Svenska teatern, Stockholm, in 1906.
Astri Torsell as Raina and Gunnar Klintberg as Sergius in Hjältar at Svenska teatern 1906
John Isak Riègo (1852-1912) in Hjältar
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