Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1938-1949.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1938-1949.

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A number of items concern the sale of the film rights to Werfel's play Juarez und Maximilian. Most of the items from Werfel concern the negotiations over the script for the Theatre Guild's Broadway production of his play Jacobowsky and the Colonel (adapted by S. N. Behrman and staged by Elia Kazan). 2 sheets of typed notes (apparently made by Langner) compare Werfel's and Behrman's versions of the play (photocopies). 1 item is a condolence telegram from Langner upon the death of Werfel. For additional correspondence concerning the Theatre Guild's production of Jacobowsky and the Colonel, see under: Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959.

18 items (31 leaves).

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Langner, Lawrence, 1890-1962

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Established in New York City in 1918, and initially administered by a board of managers, the Theatre Guild was for the greater part of its history co-directed by Lawrence Langner and Theresa Helburn, with Langner’s wife, Armina Marshall Langner, serving several administrative roles. Throughout the twentieth century the Theatre Guild was instrumental in improving the quality of American theatre, introducing audiences to new playwrights and forms of dramatic writing, stagecraft, and musical theatr...

Helburn, Theresa, 1887-1959

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