Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Die Bürgschaft, 1932-[ongoing] (1932-1933, 1957-9999).

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Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Die Bürgschaft, 1932-[ongoing] (1932-1933, 1957-9999).

Includes programs, press clippings, photographs, and related materials for stage productions, broadcasts, and film or video adaptations (if any) of the work, beginning with the March 1932 premiere at the Städtische Oper in Berlin, Germany. Posters, photographic prints (for productions prior to 1983), and recordings are filed in other series.

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Neher, Caspar

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Caspar Neher, who became one of the leading stage designers in Europe from the 1920's until his death in 1962 and was in his youth a schoolmate and friend of Bertolt Brecht, began his career by collaborating with the young author, and later collaborated repeatedly with Brecht and Weill--with both together and each separately. Among the stage designs for which he achieved renown are those for Die Dreigroschenoper, in which he worked together with both of them--and in whic...

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