Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Set for "The Dawn" by Meyerhold, Moscow Russia 1920

A setting for  Émile Verhaeren's The Dawn, directed by Vsevold Meyerhold (1874-) with the set design by Vladimir Dmitriev at Meyerhold Theatre (RSFSR First Theatre), Moscow, 1920.






Monday, 25 May 2020

Dybbuk (Between Two Worlds 1914) written by S. Ansky and produced at the Habima Theater, Moscow, from 1920 to 1926.

        Scenes from The Dybbuk (Between Two Worlds, 1914) written by the  Jewish playwright S. Ansky (1863 - 1920) and produced at the Habima Theater, with Shabtai Prudkin playing as Menashe, from 1920 to 1926.

    Habima performed it 300 times in the Soviet Union, 292 in Moscow; the last was on 18 January 1926. The Theater has its roots in Moscow, founded by Nahum Zemach, and they first found fame in producing The Dybbuk. In 1931, the company moved to pre-state Israel where they eventually became the National Theater of Israel.










Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Oväder (Storm 1907) written by August Strindberg and produced at the Dresden Royal Court Theatre with the stage designed by Adolf Linnebach around 1920

A scene from Oväder (Storm, 1907) written by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849 - 1912) and produced at the Dresden Royal Court Theatre with the stage designed by Adolf Linnebach (1876 - 1963) around 1920.





Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Danton (1900) written by Romain Rolland and produced at the Großes Schauspielhaus, Berlin, in 1920

A scene from Danton (1900) written by the French playwright Romain Rolland (1866 - 1944) and produced at the Großes Schauspielhaus (Great Theater), Berlin, in 1920.






Monday, 11 May 2020

Till Damaskus (To Damaskus 1898) written by August Strindberg, directed by Friedrich Kayßler with the stage produced by Karl Jakob Hirsch at Volksbühne Berlin in 1920

A scene from Till Damaskus (To Damaskus, the first two parts published in 1898 with the third following in 1904) written by August Strindberg (1849-1912), directed by Friedrich Kayßler with the stage produced by Karl Jakob Hirsch at Volksbühne Berlin in 1920.






Friedrich Kayßler

Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Tolstoy, by German Playwright Elk?, directed by Bild? at Volksbühne, Berlin, around 1920

A scene from Tolstoy written by the German playwright Elk?, and directed by Bild? at the Volksbühne, Berlin, around 1920.






Volksbuhne, Berlin




Saturday, 2 May 2020

Von Morgens bis Mittennachts (1912) written by Georg Kaiser and produced at the Deutschen Theater Berlin around 1920

A stage-design  for Von Morgens bis Mittennachts (1912) written by the German playwright Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) and produced at the Deutschen Theater Berlin around 1920.