Die Bürger von Calais (1912 - 13) written by Georg Kaiser and produced possibly on 29 January 1917 at the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main.

   A scene from Die Bürger von Calais (1912 - 13, its premiere in 1917) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced possibly on 29 January 1917 at the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main.

   The drama The Citizens of Calais – Stage Play in Three Acts was created in 1912/1913 in a first version, inspired by Rodin's sculpture, which had already become famous. It found its final form in 1914 and was premiered on 29 January 1917 at the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Arthur Hellmer. 

Trifles (1916), written by Susan Gaspell and performed at the Washington Square Theatre, New York City, in January 1917.

A scene from Trifles (a play in one-ac, first published and performed in 1916), written by the American playwright Susan Gaspell (Pulitzer-Prize winner, 1876-1948) and performed at the Washington Square Theatre?, New York City, in January 1917, starring Marjorie Vonnegut, Elinor M. Cox, John King, Arthur E. Hohl, and T. W. Gibson.

   Trifles, A Play in One Act, By Susan Glaspell was premiered by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre, Provincetown, Mass., August 8, 1916.

ORIGINAL CAST

George Henderson, County Attorney Robert Rogers

Henry Peters, Sheriff Robert Conville

Lewis Hale, A Neighboring Farmer  George Cram Cook

Mrs. Peters   Alice Hall

Mrs. Hale Susan Glaspell

   A talented and greatly admired amateur actress who performed in all her staged works (as well as in many other plays), she and her second husband founded the Wharf Theater in Provincetown, Massachusetts (which later moved to New York City). Better known as the Provincetown Playhouse, it was the first modern American theater company which rejected the commercialism of Broadway's sentimental melodramas.

   Another early  performance of Trifles, on Aug 30, 1916, at the Comedy Theatre, New York City.

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The Storm written by Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky and produced at the Leningrad Alexandrinsky Theatre, Leningrad, in 1916, with costume design for the play by Aleksandr Golovin

Stage designs for The Storm (1860) written by the Russian playwright Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886)  and produced at the Leningrad Alexandrinsky Theatre, Leningrad, in 1916, with the costumes designed by Aleksandr Golovin.

Stage design for the play "The Storm." Written by Alexander Ostrovsky. 1916.

Stage design sketch "The Ruins of the Church," created in 1916 for Ostrovsky's play "The Storm / Гроза"

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Varvara. Costume design. "The Storm" by Alexander Ostrovsky

Kudryash (Curly-Haired).  Costume design. "The Storm" by Alexander Ostrovsky.

The Queen’s Enemies (written in April 1913) written by Lord Dunsany and first produced at the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City on November 14, 1916

   Two scenes from The Queen’s Enemies (written in April 1913) written by the Irish playwright Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and first produced by the Gertrude Kingston Company, at the Neighborhood Playhouse and Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City, with the scenic design by Warren Dahler & Howard Kratz, having run for 42 performances from November 14 until December 30, 1916.

   The Neighbourhood Theatre also gave the first production of The Queen's Enemies on 14 November 1916, in a triple bill with two plays by George Bernard Shaw. Though popular with audiences there, the critics generally agreed with Alexander Woollcott that it was "Dunsany at his second best". The production nevertheless transferred to Maxine Elliott's Theatre on Broadway.

 

Alice Lewisohn (right) played the title role in The Queen's Enemies

Neighborhood Playhouse, The Queen's Enemies by Lord Dunsany, Alice Lewisohn as the Queen, Leslie Austin as unknown character

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The Glittering Gate (1914) written by Lord Dunsany and produced at the Arts and Crafts Theater in Detroit, in 1916

A scene from The Glittering Gate (first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on April 29, 1909) written by the Irish playwright Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and produced at the Arts and Crafts Theater in Detroit, in 1916.

The Gods of the Mountain (1914) written by Lord Dunsany and produced by the Portmanteau Theater, New York City, in 1916

A scene from The Gods of the Mountain (first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on June 1, 1911) written by the Irish playwright Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) and produced by the Stuart Walker Portmanteau Theatre, New York City, having run from Nov. 27, 1916 to Jan. 6, 1917.

Hedda Gabler written by Henrik Ibsen (1888 - 1906) and produced at the Berliner Kammerspielen, in 1916.

Scenes from Hedda Gabler written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1888 - 1906) and produced at the Berliner Kammerspielen, in 1916.
CAST: Hermine Koerner, Emil Jannings, Eduard von Winterstein, Werner Krauss and Camilla Eibenschuetz in 'Hedda Gabler' by Henrik Ibsen in the Berliner Kammerspielen.

Hermine Körner and Eduard von Winterstein "Hedda Gabler"