Friday, 13 May 2016

The Hairy Ape written by Eugene O'Neill first produced by the Provincetown Players, directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones, at Provincetown Playhouse and Plymouth Theatre, New York City, in 1922

Some scenes from The Hairy Ape (a play in eight scenes) written by the US playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953), first produced by the Provincetown Players, directed and designed by Robert Edmond Jones, at Provincetown Playhouse and Plymouth Theatre, New York City, from March 9, 1922 to July 1, 1922

This production was praised for its use of expressionistic set design and staging techniques, and was transferred to the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway. Actor Louis Wolheim became famous for his interpretation of Yank.

Scene 5






















Scene 7


Carlotta Monterey as Mildred and Louis Wolheim as Yank in the 1922 production




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Peer Gynt (1867) written by Henrik Ibsen, staged by Remigius Geyling at Burgtheater Vienna in 1925

A scene from the second act of Peer Gynt (five-act play first published in 1867) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), staged by Remigius Geyling (1878-1974) at Burgtheater Vienna (Wien) in 1925





Wednesday, 11 May 2016

Till Damaskus (To Damaskus 1898) written by August Strindberg, directed by Friedrich Kayßler with the stage produced by Karl Jakob Hirsch at Volksbühne Berlin in 1920

A scene from Till Damaskus (To Damaskus, the first two parts published in 1898 with the third following in 1904) written by August Strindberg (1849-1912), directed by Friedrich Kayßler with the stage produced by Karl Jakob Hirsch at Volksbühne Berlin in 1920








Friedrich Kayßler

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Dödsdansen (Dance of Death 1901), written by August Strindberg, staged by Max Reinhardt at Deutsches Theater Berlin, in 1912

A scene from Dödsdansen (Dance of Death, 4-act-play, 1901), written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912), and staged by Max Reinhardt at Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1912







Monday, 9 May 2016

Vildanden (The Wild Duck 1884) written by Henrik Ibsen, and produced by Stanford University, USA, with the stage designed by Harold Belvenston? in 1925-26?

A scene from Vildanden (The Wild Duck, first published in 1884) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and produced by Stanford University, USA, with the stage designed by Harold Belvenston? in 1925-26?










Sunday, 8 May 2016

Et Dukkehjem (A Doll’s House, 1879) written by Henrik Ibsen, and produced in 1904, starring Vera Komissarzhevskaya as Nora


Some scenes from Et Dukkehjem (A Doll’s House, published in 1879) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and produced at the Komissarjevsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg,  under the direction of Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (Russian theatre director, 1874 - 1940) in 1904, starring Vera Komissarzhevskaya (Russian actress, 1864 - 1910) as Nora





















The Moscow Art Theater













Saturday, 7 May 2016

Kjærlighedens Komedie (Love’s Comedy) by Henrik Ibsen, Performed at Deutsches Theater Berlin, in 1920?

A scene from Kjærlighedens Komedie (Komödie der Liebe, three-act satiric verse comedy, first published in 1862), written by the Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), and performed at Deutsches Theater, Berlin, in 1920?