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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

Text in German and Italian, featuring a side-by-side translation. Markings in pink pencil, purple pen, black pencil, red pencil, and blue pencil. Most written notes appear in purple pen on the side with the Italian translation. Written notes are fairly extensive and consistent throughout entire promptbook. Excerpts of dialogue from separate promptbook pasted on every page of the German side of this promptbook.

Dimensions

29cm x 22.5cm

Production(s)

May 7; 16; 31 1933, Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy
-Supporting materials: Box 6 Folders 34-35: Photographs: promptbook, characters, scene designs, rehearsals
Oversized mounted 5

Earlier version

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Notes

Located in Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections
PT2635.E548P75 v.116

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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 26, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1577.