Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Götz von Berlichingen (1773) written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and produced at the Municipal Theatre of Düsseldorf around 1910

A scene from Götz von Berlichingen  (1773) written by the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and produced at the Municipal Theatre of Düsseldorf around 1910.






Faust (1806, 1831) written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and produced in Germany with Aleksandër Moisiu acting Faust around 1910

Faust (1806, 1831) written by the German authour Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and produced in Germany with Aleksandër Moisiu (1879 - 1935) acting Faust around 1910.






Monday, 15 February 2010

Faust (1806, 1831) written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and produced in Austria with Lotte Mederski? as Gretchen around 1910

A scene from Faust (1806, 1831) written by the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and produced in Austria with Lotte Mederski? as Gretchen around 1910.





Sunday, 7 February 2010

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











Thursday, 21 January 2010

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)




Saturday, 9 January 2010

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


Monday, 4 January 2010

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