Brecht collection : writings by the author, articles about him or Helene Weigel, documentation of productions of his stage works and of revues derived from them, and mementos, 1951-1973.

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Brecht collection : writings by the author, articles about him or Helene Weigel, documentation of productions of his stage works and of revues derived from them, and mementos, 1951-1973.

Clippings of articles, texts, and obituaries from journals and other published sources, and typescripts of poems. The programs include those for the Brecht festival in Paris in 1957 and for Berliner Ensemble productions of Galileo Galilei and Mutter Courage. Among the reviews are several of the Berliner Ensemble productions of Galileo Galilei and Mutter Courage in East Berlin and elsewhere, and of Giorgio Strehler's production of L'opera da tre soldi (= Die Dreigroschenoper) in Milan in 1973. The obituaries are from the German (primarily) and American presses. Among them is that of Eric Bentley from the New Republic and a photographic reproduction from a German-language newspaper of Brecht's death mask. Two of the obituaries are for Helene Weigel (d. 1971). Among the items in the miscellaneous category are a telegram dated 6 August 1955 from Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann to Lenya [Hauptmann's transcription of same in Ser.30/1/2], three photographic prints of scenes from a production of Galileo Galilei, and a poster for an exhibition at Kenyon College.

Writings: 7 items.Articles: 20 items.Obituaries: 11 items.Programs: 7 items.Posters: 1 item.Photographs: 3 items.Correspondence: 2 items.

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Born in Austria, Lenya became an actress in Zürich, then moved to Berlin where she met and married Kurt Weill. They emigrated to the U.S. in 1935, where Lenya lived until her death a few months after this interview was recorded. From the description of An oral history interview with Lotte Lenya / conducted for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music by Alan Rich, New City, N.Y., 1981 : recording and transcript. (Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison). WorldCat record id: 12258368...