Chantecler (Rooster) written by Alexis Rostand, and first produced at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, with Lucien Guitry in the title role, on February 7, 1910

Scenes from Chantecler (Rooster, 4-act-verse-play) written by the French playwright Alexis Rostand (1868-1918), and first produced at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, with Lucien Guitry (French actor, 1860 - 1925) in the title role, on February 7, 1910.

Lucien Guitry

Photograph by Larcher of the Act One set designed by Amable

Act Two set designed by Amable

Coverage of the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin programme, 1910

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Alias Jimmy Valentine, written by Paul Armstrong (1869–1915), and performed at the Wallack's Theatre, New York City, on January 21, 1910.

   Scenes from Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1909 play written by the American  playwright Paul Armstrong (1869–1915), based on the 1903 short story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. It opened Christmas night 1909 in Chicago, moving to the Wallack's Theatre, New York City, on January 21, 1910, and runnning  155 performances through to June 1910.

   The play was produced by Liebler & Company, staged by Hugh Ford, with settings from Gates and Morange. The play starred H. B. Warner and introduced Laurette Taylor. 

   It has four acts, a large cast, four settings, and fast pacing. The story follows a former safecracker's attempt to go straight, and the choice he must make between saving a child's life and exposing himself to arrest.

Harold Hartsell and H. B. Warner in Alias Jimmy Valentine (1910)

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Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced with Evelyn D'Alroy? acting as Ophelia in 1910

A scene from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917) acting at His Majesty's theatre, as Hamlet and Evelyn D'Alroy (1882 - 1915) as Ophelia in 1910.

Actors H. Beerbohm Tree and Evelyn D'Alroy

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Oedipus the King (c.429 BC) written by Sophocles and produced at the Circus Schumann, Berlin, under the direction of Max Reinhardt in 1910

      Some scenes from Oedipus the King (c.429 BC) written by the Greek playwright Sophocles (c.495 - 406 BC) and produced under the direction of Max Reinhardt (1873 - 1943) at the Circus Schumann, Berlin,  in 1910, starring Aleksandër Moisiu.

Aleksandër Moisiu acting in Oedipus the King

 

Don written by Rudolf Beiser and produced at the New Theatre, New York City, from Dec. 30, 1909 to 1910

Scenes from Don written by the English playwright Rudolf Beiser (1878 - 1942) and produced at the New Theatre, New York City, from Dec. 30, 1909 to 1910, featuring Louis Calvert as Albert Thompsett and E. M. Holland as Canon Bonnington.

Rector's study

The set of the Rector's study in Act III 

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The Concert (Das Konzert, Comedy), written by Hermann Bahr (1863 - 1934), and premiered at the Lessing Theater in Berlin on December 23, 1909.

   Scenes from The Concert (Das Konzert, Comedy), written by the Austrian playwright Hermann Bahr (1863 - 1934), and premiered at the Lessing Theater in Berlin on December 23, 1909.

   The Concert is Hermann Bahr's most successful comedy. The premiere took place on 23 December 1909 in Berlin under the direction of Otto Brahm at the Lessing Theatre, as well as simultaneously at the Royal Schauspielhaus in Dresden and at the Schauspielhaus in Frankfurt am Main.

Emanuel Reicher and Otto Gebühr in The Concert 

Miss Marcuerite Leslie as Eva Wharton

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A Month in the Country (Месяц в деревне, Mesiats v derevne, 1909), written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), directed by Konstantin Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre, and opend on 22 December, 1909.

   Scenes from A Month in the Country (Месяц в деревне, Mesiats v derevne, 1909), written by the Russian playwright Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), directed by Konstantin Stanislavski at the  Moscow Art Theatre, and opend on 22 December, 1909.

   The Moscow Art Theatre production A Month in the Country was directed by Konstantin Stanislavski (who alternated the role of Rakitin with Vasili Kachalov) and Ivan Moskvin. Olga Knipper played Natalya, Nikolai Massalitinov was her husband, Islayev, and Maria Samarova was his mother, Anna. Richard Boleslavsky played Belyaev, with Lydia Koreneva as Verochka. The rest of the cast included Elena Muratova as Lizaveta, Nikolai Zvantsev as Schaaf, Ilya Uralov as Bolshintsov, Vladimir Gribunin as Shpigelsky, I. V. Lazarev as Matvei, and Lyubov Dmitrevskaya as Katya. Scenic design was by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. This was the first production in which Stanislavski made use of his emerging 'system' of acting, much to the general distress of the actors, and Knipper in particular.

Maria Samarova in A Month in the Country, 1909, Moscow Art Theatre (MAT)

Russian postcard, no. 831. Maria Samaroba as Anna in 'A Month in the Country' 

Lydia Koreneva and Richard Boleslavsky in A Month in the Country (1909)

 Konstantin Stanislavski (left) and Olga Knipper (right)

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