Die Wandlung (1917-18) written by Ernst Toller and produced at the Altes Theater, Leipzig in 1919?

   A scene from Die Wandlung (1917-18) written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and produced at the Altes Theater, Leipzig, probably in 1919.

   The transformation. The Wrestling of a Human Being is Ernst Toller's first play. It was completed in 1918 and premiered the following year at the Berlin Tribune. After the premiere, which made Ernst Toller famous within a very short time, the play celebrated an extraordinary success with critics and audiences. According to Toller's own statement, Die Wandlung was played over 100 times in Berlin and around 35 times in Hamburg. The success of the work may have been related to the fact that it represented a revolution in the theatre in terms of content and form. 

Transformation (Die Wandlung, 1919), written by Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and performed by Karlheinz Martin with Fritz Kortner as the war returnee, at Die Tribüne in Berlin, on September 30, 1919.

Scenes from Die Wandlung (Transformation 1917-18), written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and performed by Karlheinz Martin with Fritz Kortner as the war returnee, at Die Tribüne in Berlin, on September 30, 1919, under the direction of Karl Heinz Martin.

Die Wandlung written by Ernst Toller and produced by Karlheinz Martin at the Theater Die Tribüne in Berlin on September 30, 1919

A scene from Die Wandlung written by the German playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and produced by Karlheinz Martin (1886 - 1948) at the Theater Die Tribüne in Berlin on September 30, 1919.

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1919.

   A scene from Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at theTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1919.

  Duel of Cyrano de Bergerac and the Viscount de Valvert in the Hotel de Bourgogne, scene from a production of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 1919. 

The Sphere, 28 June 1919.

Costumes for Mechanical Ballet (Ballo meccanico futurista) designed by the Italian designer Ivo Pannaggi (1901 - 1981) in 1919

   Costumes for Mechanical Ballet  (Ballo meccanico futurista) designed by the Italian designer Ivo Pannaggi (1901 - 1981) in 1919, when he exhibited two Futurist paintings at the Casa d’Arte Bragaglia in Rome, his work enthused Marinetti and Balla.

   A friend and frequent collaborator of Ivo Pannaggi, in 1922 Vinicio Paladini (1902 – 1971) staged a Futurist Mechanical Ball with him at the Casa d'Arte, and the same year the two signed a "Manifesto of Futurist Mechanical Art", in which the identification between proletariat and machine was theorized.

Ivo Pannaggi, Costume created for Ikar in The Futurist Mechanical Ball (1922)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, in 1919.

   A scene from Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand (1868 - 1918) and produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, in March, 1919.

   THIS fine romantic play, founded on the adventures of Rostand's large-nosed, but high-souled, hero was produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, in March, 1919, when Mr. Robert Loraine created the part that he will play tonight.

EDMUND DULAC (1882-1953) GARRICK THEATRE / CYRANO DE BERGERAC. 1919.

The Cuckoo (a comedy farce), written by Charles H. Brookfield (1857 – 1913 ) from "Decore" by Henri Meilhac, and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899.

Some scenes from The Cuckoo (a comedy farce), written by the British actor & playwright Charles H. Brookfield (1857 – 1913 ) from "Decore" by Henri Meilhac, and performed at the Avenue Theatre, London, in 1899, with the main actors: Mr. Charles Hawtrey, Constance Collier, Fannie Ward.

Miss Fannie Ward, ("The Cuckoo.") 1899.

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, April 15th, 1899, "The Cuckoo" at the Avenue Theatre.

   a- Miss Fannie Ward.- "Leave the House!"  Miss Vane Featherstone.

   b- Charles Stevens.- "Fair Girls are my Hobby."

   c- Miss Constance Collier (Lady Alexander Park, &  Arthur Williams (Thomas Penfold).

   d- Charles Hawtrey (Hugh Farrant).

   e- Miss Fannie Ward (Mrs. Penfold).- "I shall get a divorce."

   f- H. Coryton (African King).  H. Stephenson (Interpreter). F. Volpe (Mayor). H. Goring (The Cuckoo). Lyston Lyle (Colonel Gower).

   g- "Brighton is a bit of a Chestnut."

1899 LONDON Theatre Avenue Cuckoo Comedy Farce Scene Actors