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Guide to the Theater programs from East Germany, 1951-1973
M0644
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Title: Theater programs from East Germany,
Date (inclusive): 1951-1973
Collection number: M0644
Extent:
2 linear ft.
(186 items)
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: Collection of theater programs from the former GDR. Includes important performances of the time, including plays of classical
repertoire (Schiller, Goethe, Lessing, Goldoni) as well as modern (Brecht, Gorki, Bredel). Each program includes the cast,
extensive descriptions, and quotations from the classics of Marxist ideology intended to educate the spectator.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights
reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To
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Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Purchased, 1992.
Theater programs from East Germany. M0644. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection of theater programs from the former GDR. Includes important performances of the time, including plays of classical
repertoire (Schiller, Goethe, Lessing, Goldoni) as well as modern (Brecht, Gorki, Bredel). Each program includes the cast,
extensive descriptions, and quotations from the classics of Marxist ideology intended to educate the spectator.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Berliner Ensemble (Berlin)
Deutsches Nationaltheater (Weimar)
Deutsches Theater (Berlin)
Maxim Gorki Theater (Berlin)
Metropol (Berlin)
Theater am Schiffbauerdamm (Berlin)
Theater der Freundschaft (Berlin)
Volksbèuhne (Berlin, Germany)
Volksbuhne (Rostock)
Philosophy, Marxist.
Theater--East Germany.