Sunday, 25 November 2007

a Terre (1887) written by Emile François Zola and produced at the Theatre Libre, Paris, starring André Antoine, in 1900

A scene from The Pelican written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) was the first Chamber Play to be produced at the Intimate Theater, on November 26, 1907. The show was soon replaced with a run of his Miss Julie.





Saturday, 17 November 2007

The Witching Hour, (a drama in four acts), written by Augustus Thomas (1857-1934), and performed at the Hackett Theatre, New York City, from November 18, 1907 to May 1, 1908

Scenes from The Witching Hour, (a drama in four acts), written by the American playwright Augustus Thomas (1857-1934), and performed at the Hackett Theatre, New York City, from November 18, 1907 to May 1, 1908, running for 212 performances.



An Extremely Effective Scene "In the Witching Hour" New York's One Big Success


A Great Scene in The Witching Hour, New York's Slashing Big Success

 

Sunday, 4 November 2007

The Life of Man written by Leonid N. Andreyev produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1907

   Scenes from The Life of Man (first published in 1906) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871-1919)  and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavsky (Russian theatrical practitioner, 1863 - 1938) in 1907, featuring Leonid Leonidov as Man and Ilya Uralov as Someone in Grey.

   This play premiered on February 22,  1907 at the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, directed by Vsevolod Meyerkhold, and then on December 12, 1907, it was performed at the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski and Leopold Sulerzhitsky.











 

Thursday, 18 October 2007

The Life of Man (1906) written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced by the Moscow Art Theatre in 1908

A scene from The Life of Man (first published in 1906) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871-1919) and produced by both Konstantin Stanislavsky (with his Moscow Art Theatre) and Vsevolod Meyerhold (in Saint Petersburg) in 1907 and 1908.






Tuesday, 16 October 2007

Was ihr wollt (Dreikönigsabend oder Was ihr wollt, Twelfth Night, or What You Will) written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Deutschen Theatre, in Berlin on October 17, 1907, starring Viola Tree (English actress, 1884 - 1928), Alice Crawfort (Austria-born Engish actress, 1882 - 1931) and H. Beerbohm Tree

A scene from Was ihr wollt (Dreikönigsabend oder Was ihr wollt, Twelfth Night, or What You Will) written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Deutschen Theatre, in Berlin on October 17, 1907, starring Viola Tree (English actress, 1884 - 1928), Alice Crawfort (Austria-born English actress, 1882 - 1931) and H. Beerbohm Tree.












Sunday, 9 September 2007

(Lady) Clancarty, written by Tom Taylor (1817-1880, and performed at the Lyric Theatre, London, in 1907.

   Scenes from (Lady) Clancarty, written by the English dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-1880, and performed at the Lyric Theatre, London, in 1907.

   Lady Clancarty was produced at various theatres (1887 - 95) starring Mr. and Mrs Kendal (William Hunter and Madge Kendal), William Lugg, George Gray, Florence Cowell, Minnie Cathcart, Gaston Murray, etc. Directed by Daniel Frohman.



Evelyn Millard. Lewis Waller. Adrienne Augarde. Franklin Dyall "Clancarty"


Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller "Clancarty"


Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller "Clancarty"


Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller "Clancarty"


The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 4th, 1907, "Clancarty," by Tom Taylor, at the Lyric Theatre.
   1- Mr. J. E. George as the Earl of Portland.   2- Lady Clancarty (Miss Evelyn Millard) successfully appeals to King William III. (Mr. W. Mackintosh) to save the life of her husband, who, though an open enemy of the King's, is not the assassin he is thought to be.
   3- Lady Clancarty (Miss Evelyn Millard), disguised as a washerwoman, visits her condemned husband  in his prison.
   4- Mr. Lewis Waller as Lord Clancarty (an adherent of King James) when under sentence of death for treason against King William III.
   5- Miss Adrieenne Augarde as Lady Betty Noel, a jelous young friend of Lady Clancarty's
   6- Lady Clancarty in her bed-chamber with Lady Betty Noel on the night when Lord Clancarty seeks refuge there.   7- Lady Clancarty consoles her husband in the prison.


Wednesday, 5 September 2007

Alt-Heidelberg ( Old Heidelberg), written by the German playwright Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862-1934), and performed at a German Theatre, in 1907.

   Scenes from Alt-Heidelberg (Old Heidelberg), written by the German playwright Wilhelm Meyer-Förster (1862-1934), and performed at a German Theatre,  in 1907.

   Alt-Heidelberg is a play by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, which was performed for the first time on 22 November 1901 at the Berlin Theatre. It became the most successful German-language play of its time.



Student & Waitress Scene






Wir haben die Jugend, Alt Heidelberg Akt III, Student


Play by Wilhelm Meyer-Foerster, Director: Hans Kroneck, Performance on December 12, 1907 at the Lortzing Theater