Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Brecht, Stefan, 1924-2009.

Description

1. 2.52 linear feet (6 boxes)

Summary

1. As a literary agent, Bertha Case worked with a variety of authors, playwrights, and performers, including María Irene Fornés, Anthony Quinn, and Ira Wallach. Case also served as the literary representative of the estates of German playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill. This collection primarily documents Case's career through correspondence with clients, publishers, and producers; the collection also contains contracts, press clippings, performance programs, and photographs.

Subject

1. Theatrical agents
2. Literary agents
3. Dramatists
4. Authors
5. Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
6. Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2012-029

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use (note)

1. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatrediv@nypl.org).

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
2. Music Division, The New York Public Library.
3. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.
4. Weill-Lenya Research Center, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.

Author

1. Case, Bertha.

Title

1. Bertha Case papers, 1932-1985 (bulk 1963-1984).

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Terms of use

1. For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division (theatrediv@nypl.org).

Location of other archival materials

1. Alan Schneider papers; Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
2. Anthony Quinn letters to Bertha Case; Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library.
3. Bertha Case collection; Music Division, The New York Public Library.
4. Henry Miller letters to Bertha Case, Uncataloged Manuscripts; Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.
5. Papers relating to Lotte Lenya and Bertha Case; Weill-Lenya Research Center, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid
2. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Occupation

1. Authors.
2. Dramatists.
3. Literary agents.
4. Theatrical agents.

Added author

1. Brecht, Stefan, 1924-2009.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2012-029