Sunday, 5 August 2018

Journey’s End (1928) written by Robert Cedric Sherriff and performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1929, starring Colin Clive as Stanhope and Robert Speaight as Hibbert

Some scenes from Journey’s End (1928) written by the British playwright Robert Cedric Sherriff (1896 - 1975) and performed at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1929, starring Colin Clive as Stanhope and Robert Speaight as Hibbert, having run for 594 performances from January 21, 1929 





Saturday, 4 August 2018

Othello written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester, starring Matheson Lang and Margaret Halstan in January, 1907

Scenes from Othello written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester, starring Matheson Lang and Margaret Halstan in January, 1907






Bedchamber Scene Act VI

Othello written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, starring Paul Robeson as Othello and Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona, on March 19, 1930

Scenes from Othello written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, starring Paul Robeson (the first black actor to attempt Othello) as Othello and Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona, on March 19, 1930





Saint Joan (1923) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the New Theatre, London, starring Sybil Thorndike and Ernest Thesiger, in 1923 to 1924

Scenes from Saint Joan (1923) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced at the New Theatre, London, starring Sybil Thorndike and Ernest Thesiger, from 1923 to 1924
This is the London première. And in the United States, the play received its premiere on December 28, 1923 at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, by the Theatre Guild.



The Spirit of Joan appearing to Charles





Saint Joan (1923) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced by Katharine Cornell, starring Katharine Cornell in the role of Joan, at the Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, in 1936

A scene from Saint Joan (1923) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) and produced by Katharine Cornell (1893 - 1974), starring Katharine Cornell in the role of Joan, at the Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, having run for 89 performances from March 9 to May 1936

The play first performed  by the Theatre Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, on December 28, 1923 . The London première opened at the New Theatre on March 26, 1924.





Friday, 3 August 2018

He Who Gets Slapped (1915) written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced by the Theater Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, in 1922,

Some scenes from He Who Gets Slapped (4-act-tragedy, 1915) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871 - 1919) and produced by the Theater Guild at the Garrick Theatre, New York City, having run for 182 performances from Jan. 9 to Jun. 1922, featuring Richard Bennett as He, Ernest Cossart as Briquet, Margalo Gillmore as Consuela, Frank Reicher as Mancini
This play was first performed in Russia in 1916, and in America in 1922.







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Wednesday, 1 August 2018

A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in St Petersburg, featuring Vera Komissarzhevskaya as Nora in 1904

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 Komissarzhevsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg,  under the direction of Vsevolod Emilevich Meyerhold (Russian theatre director, 1874 - 1940), starring Vera Komissarzhevskaya (most celebrated Russian actress, 1864 - 1910) as Nora, in 1904