Junge Leiden : Original-Lustspiel in 3 Aufzügen, ca. 1871, 1875-1881.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Mels, August, 1829-1894.

Language:

German

Physical Description:

6 items

Contained In:

Learned Collection on German-Language Theater. Folders 308-310, 718.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1871, 1875-1881.

Language Note:

In German.

Biography/History:

"A. Mels" was the pseudonym of Martin Cohn.

Summary:

The play was first published in 1871 and is also known under the title "Heines Junge Leiden." The file contains materials related to rehearsal and performance, including a published copy (n.d.; "Den Bühnen gegenüber als Manuscript gedruckt" "Druck von H. W. Dietrich in Kassel"), which has been annotated as a prompt-book; and 5 handwritten role books, for the following parts: Bertha, Salomon Heine's Frau (oversized, see folder 718); Mathilde, Salomon Heine's Nichte; Harry, Salomon Heine's Neffe; Hirsch, Hühneraugenoperateur und Lotteriecollecteur; and Liebenthal, Makler. (The play has 4 additional main roles: Salomon Heine, ein Bankier; Ottilie, seine Tochter; Lesser, Harry's Commis, and ein Comptoirdiener.) The published copy, which presumably dates from around 1871, bears a pasted-on label on the title page for "Eduard Bloch, Theater-Buchhändler in Berlin" that might be obscuring original publishing information. A playbill clipping (a newspaper advertisement) pasted to the inside front cover gives the cast of a performance of the play (under the title "Heinrich Heine's Jugendleben") at Deutsches Theater in der Turner-Halle, Philadelphia, on 13 Oct. 1875; the ad highlights that the play is "new" and a statement from the theater management indicates that it is being given for the first time in Philadelphia, the second performance by the same company. Pasted to the back inside cover and facing page is a clipping from an unidentified source giving a biographical sketch of Heinrich Heine. All of the items are labeled as the property of Theodor Bloch, who 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 who ran a theater lending library. Names of actors and actresses noted on the covers of the role books reflect performances in Philadelphia from 1875 until around 1881. See also theater newspapers carrying advertisements for performances of the play in Philadelphia in Feb. 1881 (folder 693) and April 1891 (folder 708).

OCLC:

155866195