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Faust : eine Tragödie, erster Teil [promptbook]

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Creator

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

Contributor

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

Date

1900s

Rights

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Collection

Max Reinhardt Promptbooks

Description

Book; section of an original promptbook rebound in custom binding; publishing information not found. Note on back: “A Print of the German Publishing Society, Stuttgart.” No year given. All text in German. Handwritten quote from Goethe regarding “Faust on the stage,” dated 1827, opening page. Exhaustive list of cast and music in opening pages. Markings in red pencil, orange pencil, blue pencil, black pencil, black pen, and purple pen. Red pencil used mostly for music. Blue pencil used mainly for crossing out dialogue (red used in this capacity as well). Black pen (later purple pen and black pencil) used for general notes. Extensive dialogue strike-outs and crossing-outs in blue pen are found throughout entire promptbook. Extensive notes found in black pen, purple pen (from page 297 onwards) and black pencil found throughout entire promptbook. Includes stage sketches, directions, black pencil drawings of figures and figure movements on pages.

Dimensions

17cm x 11.5cm

Production(s)

October, 1910, Berlin
-Supporting materials: Box 2 Folder 21-28: Photographs; promptbook, costume, scene designs, and characters
Box 13A Folder 13; Box 13 B: Else Heims Roles
Oversized mounted 4

Notes

Located in Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections
PT2635.E548P75 v.22

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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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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832, “Faust : eine Tragödie, erster Teil [promptbook],” Digital Collections, accessed April 29, 2024, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1648.