Eine kranke Familie : Posse in 3 Akten, ca. 1870, 1890-1895.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Moser, Gustav von, 1825-1903.

Contributor:

Drost, Wilhelm Elias, 1821-1897.

Barrière, Théodore, 1825-1877.

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.

Language:

German

Physical Description:

11 items

Contained In:

Learned Collection on German-Language Theater. Folders 334-338.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1870, 1890-1895.

Language Note:

In German.

Summary:

The German play, which was co-written by Moser and Wilhelm Drost, and first published in 1862, is an adapation of the French play Les Gens nerveux, by Barrière and Sardou. The file contains materials related to rehearsal and performance, including a published copy (Berlin: Eduard Bloch, n.d.; Eduard Bloch's "Volks-Theater" Nr. 42), which has been annotated as a prompt-book; and 10 handwritten role books, for the following parts: Nagel, Rentier; Minna, seine Frau; Julius, Student; Emma; Wendel, Kaufmann; Qualm, Barbier; Dorothea; Marie; Johann, Diener; and Jette, Dienstmädchen. (The play has 3 additional roles: Dr. Wehlau, Arzt; Commis; and Lehrling.) The published copy likely dates from the early 1870s. All of the items are marked as the property of Theodor Bloch (the published copy bears a handwritten label and the role books are stamped with Bloch's name and address). Bloch was active in German-language theater in Philadelphia from at least the early 1870s until the mid 1890s, first as an actor and later as a prompter, and he also ran a theater lending library. The role books all have a similar appearance and appear to be written out in the same hand. Names of actors and actresses written on the covers of role books are recognizable from the casts of other German-language plays performed in Philadelphia and together suggest a cast that would have performed around 1890 or 1891. The names of that same cast are written to the left of the character list in the published copy. A different cast is also noted to the right of the character list, but those names could not be placed. (The collection's holdings of theater newspapers and playbills contain no reference to this play.)

Related Work:

Barrière, Théodore, 1825-1877. Gens nerveux.

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Gens nerveux.