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Sommernachtstraum [promptbook]

Item Information

Creator

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Contributor

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

Date

1900s

Rights

Copyright undetermined. This image is provided for educational and research purposes only as is stipulated by U.S. and international copyright law. For more information, please contact speccoll@binghamton.edu.

Collection

Max Reinhardt Promptbooks

Description

Book, rebound with added note pages. Markings in red pencil, black pencil, purple pen, and black pen. Black pencil doesn’t appear to be Max Reinhardt’s handwriting. Some (about half) of the purple pen notes are also not Max Reinhardt’s handwriting. On page 25 most written notes switch from purple pen to black pen. This item also includes a inserted typed page “Zettels Erwachen!” found within. 48. Also includes an envelope with a typed note page inside labelled “Ein Sommernachtstraum” with an excerpt of dialogue.

Dimensions

29cm x 23.5cm

Production(s)

1927, Salzburg
-Supporting materials: Box 6 Folders 29-32: Photographs; scenes, scene designs, and characters

July 21, 1927, Beauvallon, France

July 23, 1927, Paris, France

November 17, 1927, New York

Earlier version

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Notes

Located in Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections
PT2635.E548P75 v.115

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Who is Max Reinhardt? The celebrated Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt, recognized in America primarily for his elaborate productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Franz Werfel’s The Eternal Road, and Karl Vollmoeller’s The Miracle, was born in 1873 at Baden near Vienna, Austria and died in New York City in… More

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, “Sommernachtstraum [promptbook],” Digital Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1570.