Map Case 25

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Double-sided poster program for a concert held on February 9, 1999 to mark the 125th annivesary of the birth of Vsevolod Meyerhold.

Content Description From the Collection: This collection includes theatrical designs, ephemera, manuscripts, and other materials related to the Russian avant-garde theatre movement.The first series consists of manuscripts, photographs, and printed ephemera. The most substantial sub-series includes correspondence and other material related to the publication of the book My Life in Russian Theatre (Little, Brown and and Co., 1937) by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858 - 1943), who was known...

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Program and 45 rpm record of the play Ten Days That Shook the World, based on John Reed's book of that title and directed by Yuri Lyubimov.

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Program for a June 1, 1881 performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. The production was put on by the Meiningen Court Company. The program features advance advertisements for the remainder of the 1881 and 1882 seasons.

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Testimonial letter from the quartermaster of the household of the duc de Saxe-Meiningen, certifying that Monsier Rémond had performed as a comic and a physiognomist at the duke's castle.

Verso features a broadside poster for a performance by Rémond at the Stadt-Theater in Mainz, Germany, on March 7, 1854.

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Short autograph note from Meyerhold addressed to "Madame," the date being given only as September 24 (no year). The letter thanks the recipient for her invitation. Framed.

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Large broadside poster advertising the performances at the Meyerhold Theatre, Moscow, for December 11-20, 1937. Framed.

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Broadside for the July 25, 1887 performance of "Wallensteins Lager" and "Die Piccolomini" by the Meiningen Court Company (Herzoglich Meiningen'schen Hof-Theaters) at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich. Framed.

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Broadside for the July 29, 1887 performance of "Wilhelm Tell" by the Meiningen Court Company (Herzoglich Meiningen'schen Hof-Theaters) at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich. Framed.

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Poster for "Der Weg" ("The Way"), a memorial exhibit for Oskar Schlemmer held at the Galerie Ruhstrat, Hamburg. Framed.