Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of The eternal road and Der Weg der Verheissung, 1937-[ongoing].

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Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of The eternal road and Der Weg der Verheissung, 1937-[ongoing].

Includes programs, press clippings, photographs, and related materials for stage productions and film or video adaptations (if any) of the work, beginning with the January 1937 premiere of The eternal road at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City. Posters, photographic prints (for productions prior to 1983), and recordings are filed in other series.

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