ILLUSTRATIONS

 

 

 

Cover illustration, Toulouse-Lautrec: poster for Antoine's Théâtre Libre 1985

4.1 A Doll’s House, Royal Theatre, Copenhagen: 1879. The ‘tarantella’ scene in Act II with Betty Hennings

4.2 Studio portrait of Elizabeth Robins as Hedda Gabler, London, 1891

The Seagull, Moscow Art Theatre: 1898 (directed by Stanislavsky)

5.1 Nina’s performance in Act I

5.2 The dining room of Act III

5.3 The reversed view of Act IV: study with dining room beyond

5.4 Stanislavsky’s floor plan for Act III

5.5 Stanislavsky’s floor plan for Act IV

The Cherry Orchard, Moscow Art Theatre: 1904 (directed by Stanislavsky)

5.6 The return in Act I

5.7 Landscape and graveyard in Act II

5.8 Lopakhin’s announcement in Act III

5.9 The departure in Act IV

Mrs Warren’s Profession, The Stage Society, London: 1902 (directed by Bernard Shaw, performed without scenery)

6.1 In rehearsal: Bernard Shaw with Vivie (Madge Mcintosh) and Mrs Warren (Fanny Brough)

6.2 The capitalist and the Lovers, Act III: Granville Barker and Madge Mcintosh with Charles Goodheart

6.3 The confrontation in Act IV: Chrystal Herne and Mary Shaw

Heartbreak House, Garrick Theatre, New York: 1920, and London 1921 (directed by Bernard Shaw)

6.4 Ellie Dunn and Captain Shotover, Act I

6.5 Waiting for the bombs in Act III