Monday, 11 June 2012

Stage design by Edward Gordon Craig for Hamlet, 1912

Stage design of 1912 by Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966) for Hamlet. In Moscow he worked for the presentation of Hamlet by Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre, December 1911.


Friday, 11 May 2012

Princess Caprice (3-act-comedy with music) originally produced by Robert Courtneidge at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, having run for 265 performances from May 11, 1912 to January 1913

   A scene from Princess Caprice (3-act-comedy with music) originally produced by Robert Courtneidge (British producer, 1859 - 1939) at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, having run for 265 performances from May 11, 1912 to January 1913.

   The original production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 11 May 1912, running for 265 performances until January 1913. It was produced by Robert Courtneidge.The piece then toured.











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Saturday, 14 April 2012

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm written by K. D. Wiggin (1856-1923) and C. Thompson, and performed at the Metropolitan Theater, Seattle, on April 14, 1912.

   Scenes from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm written by the Ameerican author Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) and C. Thompson, and performed at the Metropolitan Theater, Seattle, on April 14, 1912.

   Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a play written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson. It is an adaptation of Wiggin's novels about the character Rebecca Rowena Randall, including elements from the 1903 novel of the same name and the 1907 follow-up, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Producers Klaw and Erlanger debuted it at the Court Square Theatre in Springfield, Massachusetts on November 15, 1909. 



Some of the members of the cast of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"at the Metropolitan Theater, 1912





Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Jelf's (comedy) written by Horace Vachell and opened at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, on April 10, 1912

   A scene from Jelf's (a comedy in four acts) written by the English authour Horace Vachell (1861-1955) and performed at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, from April 10 to August 2, 1912.

   The play concerned the characters Richard Jelf (of Jelf's Bank) who was engaged to Lady Fenella Mull, who had been engaged to Jim Palliser (of Palliser's Bank). Gerald Du Maurier starred as Jelf, directed the play, and also managed the theatre with Frank Curzon. 





Monday, 9 April 2012

Othello written by William Shakespeare, and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in 1912, with the cast including Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Herbert Carter, Phyllis Neilson-Terry

A scene from Othello written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616), and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, from April 9 to May 25, 1912, with the cast including Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Herbert Carter, Phyllis Neilson-Terry.






Monday, 12 March 2012

The Pigeon (1912) written by John Galsworthy and produced by Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre, New York City, in 1912

   A scene from The Pigeon (1912) written by the English playwright John Galsworthy (1867\1933) and produced by Winthrop Ames at the Little Theatre, New York City, having run for 64 performances from March 12 to May in 1912.

   New York Times :  1912/02/14 · Ames Selects Cast for "The Pigeon." Winthrop Ames yesterday announced the cast for "The Pigeon," the comedy by John Galsworthy, that is to be the opening attraction at the Little Theatre in West Forty-fourth Street.
   1912/03/12 · THE LITTLE THEATRE JEWEL OF PLAYHOUSE ... And in its opening bill the jewel is there in Mr. Galsworthy's new play "The Pigeon," which, if not exactly a perfect play according to the regular rules of the game, is worth dozens and dozens...



Monday, 5 March 2012

A Provincial Lady (Провинциалка, a one-act play, 1851), written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre on 5 March 1912.

   Scenes from A Provincial Lady (Провинциалка, a one-act play, 1851), written by the Russian playwright Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), and produced at the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre as part of a triple bill of works by Turgenev. Constantin Stanislavski directed and played Count Liubin. It opened on 5 March 1912.

   A Provincial Lady (Russian: Провинциалка, romanized: Provintsialka) is a one-act play by Ivan Turgenev. Written in 1850, it was first produced in January 1851 at a benefit performance for the seminal 19th-century Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin at the Maly Theatre in Moscow.











Stanislavski and his wife Lilina in the Moscow Art Theatre production in 1912.