The play was first published in 1863. The file contains materials related to rehearsal and performance, including a published copy (Berlin: Eduard Bloch, n.d.; Eduard Bloch's Theater-Correspondenz Nr. 18, second edition), which has been annotated as a prompt-book; and 2 handwritten role books, for the following parts: Wolfhart, Hauptmann; and Volker, Oberförster. (The play has 3 other roles: Hedwig, Wolfharts Enkelin; Ursula, Wolfharts Haushälterin; and Reinhold, Volkers Sohn.) The published copy, which might date from the mid to late 1860s, is accompanied by the original envelope for Eduard Bloch's Theater-Correspondenz. In the context of the Learned Collection, it is possible to speculate that the materials belonged to the theater lending library of Theodor Bloch, in Philadelphia. The title appears in Bloch's catalog for his library, dated 1886 (see box 34). (The collection's holdings of theater newspapers and playbills contain no reference to this play.)
