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The Blue Bird (Der blaue Vogel), 1923

 File — Box: 105, Folder: 15

Scope and Contents

Booklet, 18 pages. Illustration by Khudyakov [Chudiakov] on the front cover. On the inside are illustrations by Khudyakov [A. Chudiakov], G. Jadrizhinsky, M. Jordan, G. Pojedaiev, Konstantinovsky.

Included is a flier for "Alexander and Alexis Steinmann present J. Jushny's 'The Blue Bird' Company with Artistes of the Imperial Theatre, Moscow" [at the New Scala Theatre].

In the 1920s, Der blaue Vogel (The Blue Bird) was a theater/cabaret founded by Russian émigrés living in Berlin. Their performances combined Russian folk songs, modernist theater, and satirical sketches. Three of the men active at The Blue Bird were L. E. Duban-Tortsov, a former Moscow Art Theatre actor; Jasha Jushny (also written Sasha Yuzhny or J. Yuzhny); and the director André Andrejew (1887-1967). It was Jushny who took the company on a European tour in 1923, reaching London’s Scala Theatre in October.

On top of rear cover is handwritten "A.S.Jackson."

Dates

  • Creation: 1923

Extent

From the Collection: 100 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Repository

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