A scene from Hinkemann (Der deutsche Hinkemann, 3-act-tragedy, premiere on Sep. 19, 1923) written by the German left-wing playwright Ernst Toller (1893 - 1939) and produced under the direction of Paul Tiecke Bild at the theater Dresdner Schauspielhaus in 1924, though first performed under the direction of Alwin Kronacher (1880 - 1951) at the Alten Theater Leipzig on September 19, 1923.
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Thursday, 31 August 2023
Masse Mensch (Masses Man), written by Ernst Toller (1893-1939), and performed at the Theatre of the Revolution (today's Mayakovsky Theatre), Moscow, from 1923.
A scene from Masse Mensch (Masses Man), written by the German left-wing playwright Ernst Toller (1893-1939), and performed at the Theatre of the Revolution (today's Mayakovsky Theatre), Moscow, from 1923.
Scenes from Katinka produced at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on August 31, 1923, having run for 108 performances.
Scenes from Katinka produced at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on August 31, 1923, having run for 108 performances.
Katinka is an operetta in three acts composed by Rudolf Friml to a libretto by Otto Harbach. It was first performed at the Park Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey, on December 2, 1915, with May Naudain in the title role and subsequently received its Broadway premiere on December 23, 1915 at the 44th Street Theatre. Katinka had its UK premiere on August 30, 1923 at the Shaftesbury Theatre with Helen Gilliland in the title role and ran for 108 performances.
New York Times : 1923/08/31 KATINKA' WINS IN LONDON.; Joseph Coyne and Binnie Hale Score ... Otto Hauerbach and Bertram Davis's musical play "Katinka" was produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre tonight. Two Americans contributed notably to the success which the piece attained.
Miss Binnie Hale in 'Katinka' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 1923
Friday, 25 August 2023
Dardamelle ou le Cocu (1922 ) written by Émile Louis Mazaud, and produced at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1923
Scenes from Dardamelle ou le Cocu (first published in 1922) written by the French playwright, Émile Louis Mazaud (1884-1970), and produced at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, in 1923.
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
La Maison natale written by Jacques Copeau and produced at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1923
A scene from La Maison natale written by the French playwright, Jacques Copeau (1879-1949), and produced at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, on December 18, 1923.
Thursday, 17 August 2023
The Love Habit adapted by Gladys Unger, based on Pour Avoir Adrienne by Louis Verneuil, and produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1923
A scene from The Love Habit adapted by Gladys Unger, based on Pour Avoir Adrienne by Louis Verneuil, and produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1923.
Monday, 31 July 2023
Three scenes from The Eighteenth Century performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1907.
Three scenes from The Eighteenth Century performed at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1907.
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, August 17th, 1907, "The Eighteenth Century" at the St. James's Theatre.
a- To-day and To-morrow, 1906.- Miss Grace Lane,as Stacey Trevor-Coke (an heiress), and Mr. Edward Compton as the ninth Earl of Laidlaw.- "Where did you get this?" "It belonged to someone i I loved."
b- Yesterday, 1745.- Miss Grace Lane as Anastasia Coke, and Mr. Henry Ainley as Ensign Rupert Trevor.- "Forgive your penitent and most devoted lover."
c- The end of Act II. (1745).- Mr. Henry Ainley as Ensign Rupert Trevor- lying on ground- and Mr. Compton as Lord Laidlaw-bending over him.-"Take those eyes away."
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