The Father (Swedish: Fadren, 1887) written by August Strindberg and produced at the Betty Nansen Teatret, Copenhagen, in 1918

A scene from The Father (Swedish: Fadren, 1887) written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 -1912) and produced at the Betty Nansen Teatret, Copenhagen, starring Peter Fjelstrup as The Captain and Thilda Fønss as Bertha, in 1918.

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A stage design by Edward Gordon Craig for the play Niobe written by Sophocles

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A stage design by Edward Gordon Craig for Der Weisse Fächer written by Hugo von Hofmnnsthal

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A drawing by Andre Degaine, adapted from the end of Shakespeare's Macbeth, with the stage by Edward Gordon Craig

A drawing by the French designer Andre Degaine (1926 - 2010), adapted from the end of Shakespeare's Macbeth, with the stage by Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966).

Il Re Cervo (The Stag King 1762) written by Carlo Gozzi, produced with the stage designed by Schlemmer

A scene from Il Re Cervo (The Stag King, 1762) written by the Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720 - 1806), and produced with the stage designed by Schlemmer.

Die Versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell 1897) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and performed at Molodyi Teatr London in 1918

A scene from Die Versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell, first published in 1897) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) and performed at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr [The Young Theatre], London, in 1918.

Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles and produced by Les Kurba at the Molodyi Teatr, 1918

Some scenes from Oedipus Rex written by the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles and produced by Les Kurba (1887 - 1937) at the Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr [The Young Theatre], Kyiv, in 1918, with Kurbas as Oedipus and Semen Semdor as Theresius.

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A mass scene of the production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex at Ukrainian-based Molodyi Teatr London in 1918.