German Theatre Collection
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- University of London, Institute of Modern Languages Research
TitleGerman Theatre Collection
Reference codeGTC
Datec.1930-1998
Scope and ContentThis collection consists of a range of theatre ephemera relating to German language and German and Austria-British theatre. Series 1 consists of programmes, playbills, posters, photographs, reviews, correspondence, memorabilia and flyers for German language productions of British playwrights and British productions of German language playwrights. Series 2 consists mainly of photographs, newspaper cuttings and other records of individual actors, playwrights and other theatre professionals associated with German language theatre. The material in this collection was brought together by the Institute of Germanic Studies from a variety of sources. The material was originally classified as in same collection as the Berthold Auerbach papers (BAA.1) but is now catalogued in this separate fonds (GTC) to reflect the archival principle of provenance which distinguishes the Auerbach papers from the rest of the material.
Conditions governing accessClosed. Awaiting renumbering of material.
Extent3 boxes and 2 rolls
System of ArrangementPapers arranged in two series: Germanic Theatre Archive: Context, and Germanic Theatre Archive: Individuals.
Finding aidsHandlist available; copy deposited at the National Register of Archives (NRA 29443). Some of the material is catalogued to file level online (click on "contains" icon below), but accruals have not yet been catalogued and are box-listed only. A pdf of the box list is attached to this description.
Related files
The Institute also holds other papers relating to German theatre, including the Mynatt/Kapp papers (Ref MYK), which include material about Bertolt Brecht and his circle, the Garten Papers (Ref HFG), which contain material about the expressionist playwright Georg Kaiser (1878-1945) and the Gundolf Papers (Ref FGU), which include material on his translations of Shakespeare.
Level of descriptionfonds
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