- Creator
- Philipp, Adolf, 1864-1936
- Call number
- *T-Mss 1997-017
- Physical description
- .4 linear feet (1 volume in a box); 1 reel of microfilm
- Language
- Material is in German
- Preferred Citation
- Scrapbook of clippings, telegrams and letters, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Adolf Philipp, playwright, actor, producer and composer, was born in Hamburg, Germany and ran away at the age of fourteen to go on the stage. He came to New York as a tenor and soon founded his own theater producing shows in both German and English. A comedian, Philipp usually appeared in his own productions. His biggest success was the operetta, ALMA, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? (1909). As an author he used various pen names including Paul Herve and Jean Briquet. Collection consists of clippings, telegrams and letters all commemorating Philipp's 25th anniversary actor's jubilee, February 19, 1906 in Berlin. At this time he was operating the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Theater which he had founded in Berlin with his brother Paul in 1904.
Using the collection
Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Available on microfilm, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, call number *ZC-499