Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Petroleuminseln, 1928-[ongoing].

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Weill-Lenya Research Center collection of performance history records of Petroleuminseln, 1928-[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 November 1928 premiere at the Staatstheater in Berlin, Germany. Posters, photographic prints (for productions prior to 1983), and recordings are filed in other series.

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