Saturday, 10 January 2026

Street Scene written by Elmer Rice and first produced at the Playhouse Theatre in New York City in 1929

Scenes from Street Scene written by the American playwright Elmer Rice (1892-1967) and first produced at the Playhouse Theatre, New York City, with the scene designed by Jo Mielziner, having run for 601 performances from January 10, 1929 to June 1930.









Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Days Without End written by Eugene O'Neill and produced at the Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, starring Selena Royle as Elsa and Earle Larimore as John, in 1934

Some scenes from Days Without End written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced at the Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, starring Selena Royle (1904-1983) as Elsa and Earle Larimore (1899-1947) as John, having run for 57 performances from January 8 to November 1934.









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Monday, 5 January 2026

Waiting for Lefty written by Clifford Odets and produced by THE GROUP THEATER, in 1935

   A scene from Waiting for Lefty written by the American playwright Clifford Odets (1906 - 1963) and produced by the Group Theatre (a New York City theatre company founded by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg, of which Odets was a member) at the Civic Repertory Theatre on January 6, 1935.

   Consisting of a series of related vignettes, the entire play is framed by a meeting of cab drivers who are planning a labor strike. 






Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Lyubov Yarovaya written by the Russian playwright Konstantin Trenyov (1875-1957), and produced in 1926, with the stage set by N. A. Menshutin .

   A scene from Lyubov Yarovaya written by the Russian playwright Konstantin Trenyov (1875-1957), and produced in 1926, with the stage set by N. A. Menshutin.

   Konstantin Andreyevich Trenyov (2 June 1876 – 19 May 1945) was a Soviet Russian playwright and writer whose works exemplified early socialist realist drama, with his most renowned piece being the historical play Lyubov Yarovaya (1926), centered on Bolshevik struggles during the Russian Civil War



Stage set by N. A. Menshutin for Lyubov Yarovaya 


Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Secret 1922) written by Karel Čapek and produced at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, California, in 1926

A scene from Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Secret or Case 1922) written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek (1890 - 1938) and produced at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, California, by the University Players Guild, with the stage designed by Robert Redington Sharp (1904 - 1934) in 1926.


  • Act I, The lawyer's office

  • There are two other set scene photos by R. R. Sharpe for The Makropoulos secret
    • Act II, The bare stage
    • Act III, The hotel boudoir

Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Saint Joan (1923) written by George Bernard Shaw and produced at the Théâtre des Arts in Paris under the direction of Georges Pitoëff in 1925

A scene from Saint Joan (first published in 1923) written by the British playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and produced at the Théâtre des Arts in Paris under the direction of Georges Pitoëff (1884 - 1939 Russian-born of Armenian origins) in 1925.








Friday, 26 December 2025

He Who Gets Slapped written by Leonid N. Andreyev and produced by the Palmetto? Players, USA, around 1925

A scene from He Who Gets Slapped (first published in 1922) written by the Russian playwright Leonid N. Andreyev (1871-1919) and produced by the Palmetto? Players, USA, around 1925.