The Black Panther and the White Bear written by Volodymyr Vynnychenko at the Molodyi Teatr in 1918

Scenes from The Black Panther and the White Bear written by the Ukrainian playwright Volodymyr Vynnychenko (writer and statesman, 1880 - 1951) at the Molodyi Teatr [Young Theatre] in 1918.

Candida (1894) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Molodyi Teatr, Kyiv, starring Semen Semdor, in 1918

A scene from Candida (1894) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at the Molodyi Teatr [The Young Theater], Kyiv, starring Semen Semdor, in 1918.

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Jugend (Youth) written by Max Halbe and produced under the direction of Les Kurbas, at the Molodyi Teatr (The Young Theater), Kyiv, in 1919

A scene from Jugend (Youth) written by the German writer Max Halbe (1865 - 1944) and produced under the direction of Les Kurbas, at the Molodyi Teatr (The Young Theater), Kyiv,  with the cast of Marko Tereshchenko, and Olimpiiia Dobrovolska in 1919.

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Weh dem, der lügt (Woe to him who lies 1838) written by Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer and produced by Kurbas at Molodyi Teatr, Kyiv, in 1918

Scenes from Weh dem, der lügt (Woe to him who lies, first published in 1838) written by the Austrian playwright Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (1791-1872) and produced by Les Kurbas (Ukrainian theater director, 1887 - 1937) at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr [The Young Theatre], Kyiv, in 1918, starring P. Dolyna, O. Yursky.

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Bound East for Cardiff, written by Eugene O'Neill, and produced by the Provincetown Players at the Playwrights’ Theatre, New York City in 1916

Scenes from Bound East for Cardiff, written by the American playwrights Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953), and produced by the Provincetown Players at the Playwrights’ Theatre, New York City, on November 3, 1916.

Unknown. [From left to right: Eugene O’Neill, Fred Burt, David Carb, and George Cram Cook in “Bound East for Cardiff” in Provincetown Wharf Theatre.] 1916. Museum of the City of New York. 54.380.39

BOUND EAST FORCARDIFF

Direction: Eugene O’Neill and E. J. Ballantine
Yank: George Cram Cook
Driscoll: William Stuart
Cocky: Edward J. Ballantine
Davis: Harry Kemp
Scotty: Frank Shay
Oleson: B. J. O. Nordfeldt
A Norwegian: Donald Corley
Smitty: Lew Parrish
Ivan: Francis Buzzell
The Captain: Henry Marion Hall
The Second Mate: Eugene G. O’Neill

A stage scene sketch of Peer Gynt (1867) by Henrik Ibsen, drawn by Ludolf Geefeld?

A stage scene sketch drawn by Ludolf Geefeld? of the fifth act of Peer Gynt (five-act verse play, first published in 1867) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).

  It is a spectacular event that about 180 modern plays were translated into Japanese and published in Tokyo in 1928 as a series of 43 volumes of modern plays in the world. In this blog, I would like to present all of you each picture with some comments.