Spring Awakening (1891) written by Frank Wedekind, and produced first in the English language in New York City, starring Fania Marinoff in 1917.

   A scene from Spring Awakening (Frühlings Erwachen, published in 1891) written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918), and produced first in the English language at the 39th Street Theatre in New York City, starring Fania Marinoff (1890 - 1971), Sidney Carlyle, and Geoffrey C. Stein, in 1917. 

   The first English production took place in New York City in 1917, and was met with much controversy. This performance was threatened with closure when the city's Commissioner of Licenses claimed that the play was pornographic. 

   New York Times :  1917/05/03  COURT BARS SEX PLAY.; Justice Erlanger Finds "The Awakening ...  Supreme Court Justice Erlanger decided yesterday that the production of Frank Wedekind's play, “The Awakening of Spring,” one matinée of which was recently given in English translation

   

Fania Marinoff (right) 

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Set design by Lee Simonson (1888 -1967) for the scene of Saint Joan written by Bernard Shaw, 1917

Set design of 1917 by Lee Simonson (1888 -1967) for the scene of Saint Joan written by the English playwright Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), though first performed as late as 1923.

Ein Geschlecht (1917) written by Fritz von Unruh and produced in Frankfurt am Main in 1918

A scene from Ein Geschlecht (tragedy 1917)  written by the German playwright Fritz von Unruh (1885 - 1970) and produced in Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Gustav Haltzung? with the stage-design by Babberger in 1918.

Masquerade (four-act-tragedy 1835) written by Mikhail Lermontov (1814 - 1841), and premiered in St. Petersburg, in 1917.

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Masquerade (Drama) by M. Y. Lermontov
Director ..................................... V. E. Meyerhold
Artist ............................................. Golovin
Composer ........................................ A. K. Glazunov

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John Gabriel Borkman (Play in four acts, 1896) written by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), and produced at the Deutsches Theatre of Berlin, on February 15 or 22, 1917.

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Escape (1926) written by John Galsworthy and produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 1926

A scene from Escape (1926) written by the British playwright John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) and produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, running from August 12, 1926 to October 1926, starring Nicholas Hannen, with Leon M. Lion, Ursula Jeans, Frank Freeman, Molly Kerr, Phyllis Konstam, Ann Codrington, Margaret Halstan, Ethel Manning, Paul Gill, Stafford Hilliard, Betty Astell and Austin Trevor in the cast.

A scene from Justice (1910) written by John Galsworthy and produced at the Renaissance- Bühne, Wien, around 1925

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