Hedda Gabler written by Henrik Ibsen and produced at the at the Civic Repertory Theatre, New York City, in 1928, starring Eva Le Gallienne as Hedda Tesman

Scenes from Hedda Gabler written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1888 - 1906) and produced at the at the Civic Repertory Theatre, New York City, having run for 15 performances from Mar. 26 to Apr. 1928, starring Eva Le Gallienne as Hedda Tesman.

1928 Broadway Theatre Eva Le Gallienne As HEDDA GABLER

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Gods of the Lightning (three-act drama) was written by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson, produced by Hamilton MacFadden and Kellogg Gary and staged by MacFadden, from October 24, 1928 to November 1928, at the Little Theatre, New York City.

   A scene from Gods of the Lightning (three-act drama) was written by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson, produced by Hamilton MacFadden and Kellogg Gary and staged by MacFadden. It ran for 29 performances from October 24, 1928 to November 1928 at the Little Theatre, New York City.

   The Sacco-Vanzetti case was the play's inspiration, Charles Bickford in the Sacco character role. Anderson later wrote an updated Sacco-Vanzetti play titled Winterset.

Lyceum Restaurant (Act I and III). Set designed by Cirker & Robbins for “Gods of the lightning” by Maxwell Anderson & Harold Hickerson. Little Theatre, 1928.

District Attorney's office (Act II, Scene 1). Set designed by Cirker & Robbins for "Gods of the lightning", 1928.

Point Valaine (a three-act play) written by Noël Coward (1899-1973), and first performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 16, 1935, and running for 55 performances until its closure on March 2, 1935.

   Scenes from Point Valaine (a three-act play) written by the English dramatist Noël Coward (1899-1973), and first performed on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 16, 1935, and running for 55 performances until its closure on March 2, 1935.

   Point Valaine was written as a vehicle for Alfred Lunt and his wife Lynn Fontanne, who starred together in the original Broadway production in 1934. The play is a story of sexual intrigue, jealousy and suicide in the West Indies. Its striking departure from Coward's familiar high society comedy did not appeal to audiences.

Broderick Crawford, Lynn Fontanne, and Philip Tonge in the original Broadway production of Noël Coward's "Point Valaine."

Stefan (Alfred Lunt) and Linda (Lynn Fontanne), 1934

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in the original Broadway production of "Point Valaine."

Lynn Fontanne in the original Broadway production of "Point Valaine."

Strange Interlude written by Eugene O'Neill and produced at the John Golden Theatre, New York City, in 1928

Some scenes from Strange Interlude written by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) and produced at the John Golden Theatre, New York City, having run for 426 performances from Jan. 30 Jun. 15, 1928.

Act III

Act V & VI

Act VII

Act I

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Dantons Tod (3-act-play, first published in 1835) written by Georg Karl Büchner (1813-1837), produced by Members of the Jewish Repertory Theater, and directed by Michał Weichert, at the Nowości Theater, Warsaw, 1930.

A scene from Dantons Tod (3-act-play, first published in 1835) written by the German playwright Georg Karl Büchner (1813-1837),  produced by Members of the Jewish Repertory Theater,  and directed by Michał Weichert, at the Nowości Theater, Warsaw, 1930.

A scene from the third act of Dantons Tod (Danton’s Death) by Georg Büchner

he Jewish Repertory Theater in a scene from the third act of Dantons Tod (Danton’s Dorg Büchner, directed by Michał Weichert, at the Noeater, Warsaw, 1930. Photograph by Alter Kacyzne.

Design for Living (a comedy play), written by Noël Coward (1899-1973), and produced at New York's Ethel Barrymore Theatre, on January 24th, 1933 and ran for 135 performances.

   Scenes from Design for Living (a comedy play), written by the English dramatist Noël Coward (1899-1973), and produced at New York's Ethel Barrymore Theatre, on January 24th, 1933 and ran for 135 performances. 

   This play concerns a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship. Originally written to star Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt and Coward, it was premiered on Broadway, partly because its risqué subject matter was thought unacceptable to the official censor in London.

   Design for Living moved to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City on January 24, 1933, after opening at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 2. Although the play is high comedy, indirectly it reflects the grim world of the 1930’s, a world in which frivolous laughter barely conceals despair. 

Lynn Fontanne, Gladys Henson, Ethel Borden, Alan Campbell, Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt in Design for Living.

Noël Coward and Lynn Fontanne in the original Broadway production of "Design for Living."

Lunt, Coward and Fontanne in Design for Living

The play starred ALFRED LUNT, LYNN FONTANNE and NOEL COWARD and featured CAMPBELL GULLAN, GLADYS HENSON, PHILIP TONGE, WARD BISHOP, ETHEL BORDEN, PHYLLIS CONNARD, ALAN CAMPBELL and MACLEARY STINNETT.

Fashion (farce, 1845) written by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt (1819 - 1870) and produced at the Illini Theatre in 1932

A scene from Fashion (farce, 1845) written by the American playwright Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt (1819 - 1870) and produced at the Illini Theatre on December 1 & 2, 1932. This play is considered to be the first American Social Comedy.