Wednesday, 8 August 2018

A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare and produced by Harley Granville Barker at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1914

A scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced by Harley Granville Barker at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1914, starring George Burrows as Oberon and Donald Calthrop as Puck
His production was perhaps the most influential, with a small cast, spare staging and golden, slightly sinister fairies based on Asian idols.


Oberon and Puck 

Peer Gynt (1867) written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in Athens, Greece, in 1935

A scene from Peer Gynt (1867) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced in Athens, Greece, in 1935 


Ομαδική σκηνή από την παράσταση και τμήμα του σκηνικού.

Meletopoulos, Anastasios Athens, 20 Magnisias Str.







Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in Denmark in 1928

A scene from Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced in Denmark in 1928, featuring Henrik Bentzon and Betty Nansen  



Tuesday, 7 August 2018

A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by William Shakespeare and produced at Her Majesty’s Theater, London, in 1900

A scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at Her Majesty’s Theater, London, in 1900



Monday, 6 August 2018

The Days of the Turbins (1925), based on the novel The White Guard written by Mikhail Bulgakov and first produced at the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski, with scenic design by Aleksandr Golovin, on October 5, 1926

A scene from The Days of the Turbins (1925)based on the novel The White Guard written by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) and first produced at the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski, with scenic design by Aleksandr Golovin, on October 5, 1926
Critics were outraged that Bulgakov portrayed the white officers with a great deal of sympathy, but the public loved the play, as did Stalin himself. And at last, in April 1929 the MAT production was cancelled as a result of severe criticism in the Soviet press. 























Further Information about this Play

Sunday, 5 August 2018

Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and produced probably in 1911, starring Mr. Frank Benson as Macbeth and Mrs. Constance Benson as Lady Macbeth

A scene from Macbeth written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced probably in 1911, starring Mr. Frank Benson as Macbeth and Mrs. Constance Benson as Lady Macbeth

In 1910, at the first Stratford-upon-Avon Summer Shakespeare Festival, Benson presented The Winter’s Tale, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Henry V, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Richard II, Hamlet, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. In 1911, on April 17, the annual Festival opened with The Merry Wives of Windsor. This year Frank Benson also offered The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Richard III.



Macbeth written by William Shakespeare and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on September 5, 1911, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the title role of Macbeth and Violet Vanbrugh as Lady Macbeth

A scene from Macbeth written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at His Majesty's Theatre, London, on September 5, 1911, starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the title role of Macbeth and Violet Vanbrugh as Lady Macbeth
The London Shakespeare Festival began June 21, 1909, at His Majesty’s Theatre. The festival ran for two weeks with The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth.