Tuesday, 30 October 2018

In The Zone written by Eugene O'Neill and first produced at the Comedy Theatre, New York City, in 1917 to 1918

Scenes from In The Zone written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and first produced at the Comedy Theatre, New York City, featuring Eugene Lincoln, Robert Strange (1881-1952), Frederick Roland, Jay Strong (1896?-1953), Arthur Hohl (1889-1964), and Rienzi De Cordova, having run from October 31, 1917 to Aprril 27, 1918.








Tuesday, 4 September 2018

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'.







Friday, 17 August 2018

The Rope written by Eugene O'Neill and produced at the White Studio, New York City, in 1918

Some scenes from The Rope written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced at the White Studio, New York City, in 1918.






Wednesday, 15 August 2018

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 

Saturday, 11 August 2018

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.







Wednesday, 8 August 2018

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.

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) .