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The eternal road [promptbook]

Item Information

Creator

Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945

Contributor

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

Date

1900s

Rights

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Collection

Max Reinhardt Promptbooks

Description

Text in both German and English. Play separated into four seperate promptbooks.
[Part I] Key to markings, symbols given opening page. No consistent page numbers given throughout entire section. Often changing, various added pages. Heavily marked promptbook. Handwritten notes throughout, mostly in German. Abundance of added dialogue, pages, note-sheets, etc. pasted throughout.
[Part II] Page numbers not consistent. Includes many inserted pages. Marked as consistently and heavily as Part I. Handwritten notes throughout, mostly in German. Large amouint of added dialogue, pages, note-sheets, etc. pasted throughout.
[Part III] Page numbers not consistent. Many inserted pages. Marked as consistently and heavily as other parts.
[Part IV] Pages numbers not consistent. Contains extensive markings.

Dimensions

31.5cm x 25.5cm

Production(s)

Part I: October 31, 1935 New York

November 1, 1935, New York

December 18, 1935, New York (First rehearsal in theater)

December 13, 1936, New York(Some dates given are listed as rehearsal dates)

Part II: No performances or dates given.

Part. III: November 23, 1935, New York

January 13, 1936

Part IV: No performances or dates given.

Earlier version

Der Weg der Verheißung

Notes

Located in Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections
PT2635.E548P75 v.150

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About this Collection

Collection Description

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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Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945, “The eternal road [promptbook],” Digital Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1573.