Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kálmán, Emmerich, 1882-1953
2. Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936
3. Brammer, Julius
4. Grünwald, Alfred
5. Varnel, Marcel, 1894-1947

Description

1. 1 bound volume : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

1. Twenty two programs (1926 - 1928) documenting the original Broadway production of Countess Maritza, music by Emmerich Kálmán, book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, adapted from the original by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald. Includes programs for a pre-Broadway engagement in Brooklyn and a production at the Boston Opera House. The stage manager for the Broadway production was Marcel Varnel.

Donor/Sponsor

1. In honor of George Freedley

Genre/Form

1. Theater programs.
2. Playbills.

Call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 5645

Note

1. Item 16, a 1927 program for Jolson's Theatre (N.Y.), contains advertising for George Jessel's return engagement in Samson Raphaelson's The jazz singer at the Century Theatre.
2. Item 20, a program for a 1928 production at the Shubert Alvin Theatre (Pittsburgh, Pa.), contains a feature article on Robert E. Sherwood's Road to Rome, starring Grace George, which was scheduled to play the theatre the following week.
3. Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.

Title

1. Countess Maritza (Operetta) programs.

Publisher

1. 1926-1928.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Kálmán, Emmerich, 1882-1953, composer. Gräfin Mariza.
2. Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936, lyricist.
3. Brammer, Julius.
4. Grünwald, Alfred.
5. Varnel, Marcel, 1894-1947, production personnel.

Research call number

1. MWEZ+ n.c. 5645