A programme for Die Versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell, 1897) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and performed at the Central-Theater, Berlin, on March 10, 1925

A programme for Die Versunkene Glocke (The Sunken Bell, first published in 1897) written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) and performed at the Central-Theater, Berlin, on March 10, 1925.

Die versunkene Glocke. Ein deutsches Märchendrama in fünf Akten.
Spielleitung: Robert Müller.
Bühnenbilder: Hermann Krehan.
Technische Einrichtung: Hermann Kellner.
Personen: Ferdinand Asper, Helene Körber, Heinrich Gotho, Maya Hart u.a. Aufführung der Volksbühne E.V. (vereinigte freie und neue freie Volksbühne), Central-Theater, Berlin, Alte Jakobstr. 30 am Dienstag, den 10. März 1925.

The Dreamy Kid (1918) written by Eugene O'Neill and produced, under the direction of Alexander Wyckoff, at the Frolic Theatre, New York City, only on May 11, 1928

  The Dreamy Kid (1918) written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and first performed at the 52nd Street Theatre, on February 11, 1925.

   The play deals with the themes of old age, racial difference, Love, and American dream. The setting of the play is New York.

A scene from The Show (1925) written by John Galsworthy and produced at St. Martin's Theatre, London, around 1925

A scene from The Show (1925) written by the British playwright John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) and produced at St. Martin's Theatre, London, around 1925

Uchitel' Bubus written by Aleksei Mikhailovich Faiko and produced by the direction of V. Meyerhold in 1925

A scene from Uchitel' Bubus (1925) written by the Russian playwright Aleksei Mikhailovich Faiko (1893 - 1978) and produced under the direction of Vsevolod Meyerhold (Russian theatrical producer, 1874 - 1940), on January 29, 30, 31 and February 1, all in 1925. 

This is a theater poster from the Vsevolod Meyerhold Theatre, advertising the comedy “Teacher Bubus” (Учитель Бубус) by Alexei Faiko, which premiered in 1925. The production was directed by the renowned avant-garde theater innovator Vsevolod Meyerhold (режиссёр-постановщик). The listed performance dates are January 29, 30, 31 and February 1, all in 1925. 

Jitta’s Atonement (1923), adapted by George Bernard Shaw from the original German play Frau Gittas Sühne by Siegfried Trebitsch, with (left to right) J. Leslie Frith as Alfred Lenkheim, Nancy Price as Agnes Haldenstedt, Violet Vanbrugh as Jitta Lenkheim, Leonard Upton as Dr. Ernest Fessler and Prudence Vanbrugh as Edith Haldenstedt, produced at the Grand Theatre, Fulham, south west London, 26 January 1925

A scene from Jitta’s Atonement (1923), adapted by George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) from the original German play Frau Gittas Sühne by Siegfried Trebitsch, and produced at the Grand Theatre, Fulham, south west London, on January 26, 1925, with (left to right) J. Leslie Frith as Alfred Lenkheim, Nancy Price as Agnes Haldenstedt, Violet Vanbrugh as Jitta Lenkheim, Leonard Upton as Dr. Ernest Fessler and Prudence Vanbrugh as Edith Haldenstedt.

a scene from Jitta’s Atonement, with (left to right) J. Leslie Frith as Alfred Lenkheim, Nancy Price as Agnes Haldenstedt, Violet Vanbrugh as Jitta Lenkheim, Leonard Upton as Dr. Ernest Fessler and Prudence Vanbrugh as Edith Haldenstedt, produced at the Grand Theatre, Fulham, south west London, 26 January 1925

Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced in London with the characters in modern dress in 1925

Scenes from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), having opened in London, before being performed in Birmingham, with the characters in modern dress, under the direction of Barry Jackson (theatre director and founder of BRT, 1879 - 1961) and H. K. Ayliff (theatre director, 1871 - 1949), and then at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham in England, in 1925, with Muriel Hewitt, dressed for her role of Ophelia in the style of the flapper generation of the 1920s.

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Λυσιστράτη (Lysistrate, 411BC) written by Aristophanes and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio, Moscow, with Olga Baklanova as Lysistara and Pyotr Saratovsky as Kinesias in 1925

Scenes from Λυσιστράτη (Lysistrate, 411 BC) written by a Greek playwright Aristophanes (c.446 - c.386 BC) and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio, Moscow, with Olga Baklanova as Lysistara and Pyotr Saratovsky as Kinesias in 1925.