The Cherry Orchard written by Anton Chekhov and first produced, under the direction of Stanislavski, at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904

   Several scenes from The Cherry Orchard  (Вишнëвый сад written by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and first produced, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, with Scenic design by Viktor Simov, at the Moscow Art Theatre, on January 30, 1904. 

   Chekhov described the play as a comedy, with some elements of farce, though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy.

   

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Second Act

Third Act

The First Act

The Second Act

The Third Act

The Fourth Act

The cast included Olga Knipper as Madame Ranyevskaya, Maria Lilina as Anya, Maria Andreyeva as Varya, Stanislavski as Gaev, Leonid Leonidov as Lopakhin, Vasili Kachalov as Trofimov, Elena Muratova as Charlotta, Ivan Moskvin as Yepihodov, Sofia Khaliutina as Dunyasha, Alexander Artem as Firs, Nikolai Alexandrov as Yasha, Mikhail Gromov as a passer-by, and Alexander Zagarov as the stationmaster. 

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Scenery by V. A. Simov for The Cherry Orchard written by Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) and produced at the Moscow Art Theater on 17 January 1904.

   Scenery by V. A. Simov for The Cherry Orchard written by The Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) and produced under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theater on 17 January 1904.

   The Cherry Orchard (Вишнёвый сад) is the last play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye (Book Two, 1904), and it appeared as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg via A.F. Marks Publishers. On 17 January 1904, it opened at the Moscow Art Theatre in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavski. Chekhov described the play as a comedy, with some elements of farce, though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy.

scene from the 4th act

The Cherry Orchard (1904) written by Anton Chekho and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in January, 1904

     Scenes from Vishnevyi Sad (The Cherry Orchard/ Giardino dei Ciliegi 1904) written by the Russian playwright Anton Chekho (1860 - 1904) and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in January, 1904.

The Darling of the Gods written by David Belasco (1853-1931), and performed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in January 1904.

   Scenes from The Darling of the Gods written by the American dramatist David Belasco (1853-1931), and performed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, in January 1904.

   David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage.

The Darling of the Gods, London His Majesty's Theatre, 1905

The Darling of the Gods, 1903 (photographed)

The Darling of the Gods His Majesty's Theatre 1903

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 16th, 1904,"The Darling of the Gods" at His Majesty's Theatre.

   a- Act 1.  Scene 3.- The first meeting of villainous Zakkuri (Mr. Tree), with Yo-SAn (Miss Lena Ashwell), in the Great State Hall of her father's Palace, during the night of "The Feast of a Thousand Welcomes."

   b- Act 1.  Scene 3.- The Great State Hall.- The Princess Yo-San (Miss Lena Ashwell), and Prince Kara (Mr. Basil Gill), who had only seen each other once before, and that by a flash of light from a lantern, now avow that they loved at first sight.

   c- Act III.- Behind the Shoji of Yo-San's sanctuary.- Yo-San's father, Saigon (Mr. S. A. Cookson), finding his daughter has secreted her wounded lover, Kara, in her apartments, is about to execute her.  Yo-San obediently bends her head to receive the stroke, which is, however, stayed by Kara's intervention.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, January 2nd, 1904,' showing a Drawing by A. M. Faulkner for "The Darling of the Gods" at His Majesty's Theatre.

          Zakkuri, Minister of State  (Mr. Tree).     Yo San (Miss Lena Ashwell).

Zakkuri, by torturing Prince Kara, the leader of the patriots, wrings from Yo San (whose lover the prince is) the whereabouts of his confederates.

The Light That Failed, written by George Fleming, and performed at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, from Novemberr 9 to December 1, 1903

   Scenes from The Light That Failed, written by  George Fleming, and performed at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York City, from Novemberr 9 to December 1, 1903.

   The Light That Failed is the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling, first published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in January 1891. A play by George Fleming, starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, his wife Gertrude Elliott, and Sydney Valentine, was first staged in the West End from February to April 1903 and moved on to Broadway in November, making the story more famous.

Elektra (1901) written by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and produced at the Little Theatre in Berlin under the direction of Max Reinhardt in October 1903

Scenes from Elektra (based on Sopokles, 1901) written by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929) and produced at the Kleines Theatre, Berlin, under the direction of Max Reinhardt (Austria-born theatre director, 1873 - 1943) on October 30, 1903.  

„Ich habe keine guten Nächte.“ (Rosa Bertens 1861-1934) seeks advice from her daughter Elektra (Gertrud Eysoldt 1870-1955).

Gertrud Eysoldt as ‘Elektra Listening to the Murder of her Mother’ Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung 12, no. 48 (1903)

Gertrud Eysoldt in ‘Elektra’s Dance Scene in the Final Act’ Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung 12, no. 48 (1903)

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Hedda Gabler written by Henrik Ibsen and produced by Mrs. Fiske at the Manhattan Theatre, New York City, in 1903, starring Mrs. Fiske as Hedda Tesman

Scenes from Hedda Gabler written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1888 - 1906) and produced by Mrs. Fiske at the Manhattan Theatre, New York City, having run for 8 performances from Oct. 5 to Oct. 1903, starring Minnie Fiske as Hedda Tesman.

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