Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Juris Martin Svendsen papers
- Dates:
- circa 1960-1994
- Creators:
- Svendsen, Juris Martin and Xriwolap, Xrista Anna
- Abstract:
- Juris Svendsen was an actor, director, and Bertolt Brecht scholar. He directed and translated works for the San Francisco Mime Troupe, broadcast on KPFK in Berkeley, California and wrote criticism for various journals.
- Extent:
- 7.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers, tapes of performances, records, and documentary materials, such as posters and performance notes.
- Biographical / historical:
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Svendsen was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1938, and later studied philosophy and speech and drama in the United States. From 1959 to 1962 he was a graduate student in the drama department at Stanford. After leaving Stanford Svendsen taught drama and drama theory at UC Berkeley and at the California Arts Institute. He was active in Bay Area theater-life as director, actor, trnslator, playwright, and teacher. He specialized in Brechtian and post-Brechtian experimental theater. He had contacts with and collaborated with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and the Bread and Puppet Theatre for which he also translated Brecht's TURANDOT. During his frequent visits to East and West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s he collected materials and publications relating to Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble. He died in Berkeley in 1994.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased, 1998.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Theatre -- History
- Names:
- Xriwolap, Xrista Anna
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-12-12 13:39:25 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Audiovisual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022