Sunday, 15 July 2018

Stage sketch of 1918 by Ludwig Sievert (1887 - 1966) for Der Sohn (The Sun, 1916) written by Walter Hasenclever

Stage sketches of 1918 by Ludwig Sievert (1887 - 1966) for Der Sohn (The Sun, 1916) written by the German expressionist playwright Walter Hasenclever (1890 - 1940) .





Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare and produced in 1910 with the cast including A. Withy, C. Keithley, Ethel Dane, H. Clark, H.O. Nicholson, P. Owen, P. Sanders

A scene from Julius Caesar written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced in 1910, with the cast including A. Withy, C. Keithley, Ethel Dane (1876 -1963), H. Clark, H.O. Nicholson, P. Owen, P. Sanders.



Friday, 29 June 2018

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.



Thursday, 14 June 2018

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

A stage design by Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966) for the play Niobe written by the Greek playwright Sophocles.



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

A stage design by Edward Gordon Craig (1872 - 1966) for Der Weisse Fächer written by the Austrian playwright Hugo von Hofmnnsthal (1874 - 1929), who became internationally famous for his collaboration with the German composer Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949).



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Monday, 11 June 2018

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).




Saturday, 9 June 2018

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.