Finding Aid for the Max Reinhardt Prompt Books for Faust, 1938
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Finding Aid for the Max Reinhardt Prompt Books for Faust, 1938
Collection number: 136
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
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- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, August 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Max Reinhardt Prompt Books for Faust,
Date (inclusive): 1938
Collection number: 136
Creator:
Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) produced plays and was a stage actor. He founded the Kammerspiele and Grosse Schauspielhaus theatres
in Berlin, was first to produce the early works of Richard Strauss and founded the Salzburg Festival. The collection consists
of four manuscript, typescript, and printed volumes which served as prompt books for productions of
Faust.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mme. Helene Thimig-Reinhardt.
[Identification of item], Max Reinhardt Prompt Books for Faust (Collection 136). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233654
Reinhardt was born on September 9, 1873 in Baden bei Wien, Austria; studied for the stage with Emil Buerde, making his debut
in Salzburg in 1893; acted in, and later produced plays at the Deutsche Theater du Berlin, 1895-1932, of which he was the
owner from 1905; founded the Kammerspiele and Grosse Schauspielhaus theatres in Berlin; produced German classic plays and
the entire works of Shakespeare; was first to produce the early works of Richard Strauss; left Germany for Czechoslovakia
in 1933, and later came to the U.S.; toured the U.S. 5 times with American actors, producing
The Miracle and
A Midsummer Night's Dream; founded the Salzburg Festival; he died on October 31, 1943.
Collection consists of four manuscript, typescript, and printed volumes which served as prompt books for productions of
Faust at the Pilgrimage Theater (Hollywood) and the Civic Auditorium (San Francisco) in 1938.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943--Archives.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--
Faust.
Theatrical producers and directors--Archival resources.
Prompt books.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Prompt Books. 1938
Physical Description:
Physical Description: (1 box, 4 vol. 29 × 23 cm.)
Scope and Content Note
For
Faust production, Pilgrimage Theater (Hollywood) and Civic Auditorium (San Francisco).
Manuscript, typescript and printed.