The Importance of Being Earnest (1894) written by Oscar Wilde and produced under the direction of Nigel Playfair at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London, with a distinctly Aubrey Beardsley-influenced design by Micheal Weight, in 1930

   Some scenes from The Importance of Being Earnest (1894) written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) and produced under the direction of Nigel Playfair at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, London, with a distinctly Aubrey Beardsley-influenced design by Micheal Weight, running from July 7 from October 6, 1930

   The original cast featured John Gielgud as 'John Worthing', Anthony Ireland as 'Algernon Moncrieff', Mabel Terry-Lewis as 'Lady Bracknell', Iris Baker as 'Gwendolen Fairfax', Heather Angel as 'Cecily Cardew', Jean Cadell as 'Miss Prism', Charles Staite as 'Rev. Canon Chasuble', Richard Caldicot as 'Lane' and Scott Russell as 'Merriman'.

Die armseligen Besenbinder (The Poor Broom Binders, 5-act-play, 1913) written by Carl Carl Hauptmann and produced under the direction of Paul Legband at the Berliner Volksbühne, in 1918

A scene from Die armseligen Besenbinder (The Poor Broom Binders, 5-act-play, 1913) written by the German playwright Carl Carl Hauptmann (1858 - 1921) and produced under the direction of  Paul Legband (German theatre director, 1876 - 1942) at the Berliner Volksbühne, in 1918, starring Guido Herzfeld, Lucie Mannheim, and Eduard Rothauser.

Herzfeld, Guido - Actor, Germany (center) in the play 'Die armseligen Besenbinder' by Carl Hauptmann, 1918 

A Doll’s House, directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elsie Ferguson, in 1918.

   A Doll’s House, directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elsie Ferguson, in 1918.

   In the US during the silent period, four film adaptations of Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) from 1879, were produced, all of which are considered to be lost films: a 1918 film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elsie Ferguson.

Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by Henrik Ibsen and produced in Denmark in 1928

A scene from Fru Inger til Østraat (Lady Inger of Ostrat, 1854) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) and produced at the Betty Nansen Teatret in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1928, featuring Henrik Bentzon and Betty Nansen.

Henrik Bentzon og Betty Nansen i Fru Inger til Østraat. Betty Nansen Teatret, 1928.

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) .

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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.

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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