Incorporated Stage Society Archive 1886-1939

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Incorporated Stage Society Archive 1886-1939

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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0002bc Henrik Ibsen, playwright. W.L. Turner, translator. From the description of Rosmersholm: typescript, 1998. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430738 Playwright. From the description of A doll home : playscript, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454948 Norwegian poet and dramatist. ...

Incorporated Stage Society

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The society documented their dealings in the theatre for over 50 years including many prompt scripts still with notes. Also Correspondence from both members and business associates. From the guide to the Incorporated Stage Society Archive, 1886-1939, (V&A Department of Theatre and Performance) ...

Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918

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Wedekind moved to Munich in 1889 and apparently lived there until his death, in 1918. According to Werfel's biographer Peter Stephan Jungk, Werfel encountered Wedekind in social settings in Leipzig during the period when Werfel was living there and working as an editor at Kurt Wolff Verlag, in 1913 and 1914, prior to being called up for military service upon the outbreak of World War I. Werfel gave numerous public readings during that period, in a variety of cities. From the descript...

Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946

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Margarete Hauptmann was the second wife of Gerhart Hauptmann; they married in 1904. Maxa Mück was a friend of Margarete Hauptmann's. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1911-1952. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863425 Author. From the description of Letter of Gerhart Hauptmann, 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450807 ...