Home and Beauty (a farce in three acts), known in the US as Too Many Husbands, written by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), and premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in August 1919.

   A scene from  Home and Beauty (a farce in three acts), known in the US as Too Many Husbands, written by the Britgish playwright W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), and premiered at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in August 1919.

   Home and Beauty, known in the US as Too Many Husbands, is a farce in three acts by W. Somerset Maugham. Written in 1919, it was first seen in August of that year at the Globe Theatre, Atlantic City, USA and subsequently at the Booth Theatre, New York, under its American title. 

London production, 1919, with from left, Lottie Venne, Charles Hawtrey, Malcolm Cherry, Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper as Victoria, 1919

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Estelle Winwood in the Broadway production of Too Many Husbands, US title of Home and Beauty (1919)

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 Transformation (Die Wandlung, 1919), 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.

Fritz Kortner (on the right) playing the Jew Friedrich

Actors (arrow sign) with his costume acting as a squirming skeleton, packaged in a rather abstract view in Die Wandlung (1919)

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.

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 1919.
 

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

Some scenes from Baron Golosh, first performed at the Trafalgar Theatre in London, from 25 April to 8 June 1895 , running for only 43 performances.

   Some scenes from Baron Golosh, first performed at the Trafalgar Theatre in London, from 25 April to 8 June 1895 , running for only 43 performances. 

   Baron Golosh is an operetta adapted from the 1891 French opérette L'oncle Célestin by Edmond Audran with some of the original music replaced with songs composed by Meyer Lutz and Leslie Stuart. The original cast starred comedian E. J. Lonnen in the title role. It also featured Scott Russell, Florence Perry and Frank Wyatt, who were all best known for their work with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. 

The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, May 4th, 1895, "Baron Golosh" at the Trafalgar Theatre."

1- Marreau - Mr. Harry Paulton.　2- Clementine - Miss Florence Perry.

3- Baron Golosh - Mr. E.J. Lonnen.　4- Madelon - Miss Lethbridge.

5- Count Acacia - Mr. Frank Wyatt  &  Mdme. De Bellefontaine - Miss Melnotte.

6- Countess Acacia - Miss Sylvia Grey.   7- Viscount Acacia - George Hunphrey.

8- Therese - Miss Delia Carlyle  &  Narcisse - Mr. Ernest Down.

9- Gustave - Mr. Scott Russell.

The Sketch, May 22nd, 1895, "Baron Golosh," at the Trafalgar Theatre.

   a- Clementine (Miss Florence Perry.  "How I Loved My Dear Old Sam !"

   b- Marreau  ( Mr. harry Paulton).  " I am Glad i Came."

   c- Madame De Bellefontaine  (Miss Melnotte)  amd Viscount Acacia (Mr. Humphrey).  "Don't tell me ; I know you are proud of your legs !"

   d- Madelon (Miss Alice Lethbridge) and Baron Golosh (Mr. E.J. Lonnen).  "There are two sides to everything."

Some scenes from 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.

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."

Miss Fannie Ward Cuckoo Avenue Theatre 1899

1899 LONDON Theatre Avenue Cuckoo Comedy Farce Scene Actors