Materials related to rehearsal and performance, including a published copy (Berlin: Theater-Commissions-Geschäft von H. Michaelson, 1863; "Den Bühnen gegenüber als Manuscript gedruckt"), which has been annotated as a prompt-book; a handwritten scenario; a handwritten list of props; and 21 handwritten role books, for the following parts: Bohlicke, ein reicher Holländer; Stolle, Dienstboten-Commissionair; Amaranth, Stolles Stieftochter; Jette, Amaranth's Cousine; Emil Fiedler (Bruder Liederlich); Louis Kruke, Friseur; Runge, Fuhrherr; Frau Weitgass; Krawutschke, Maler; Langer, Bohlick's Freund; Plattowsky, Commis; Lina Niedlich and Hulda Krümel (Dienstmädchen); ein Schutzmann; ein Kellner; ein Blumenmädchen (Kind von 6 Jahre); Executor; Schneeschipper; Friseur-Gehülfe; ein Herr; and ein Arbeiter. (The role books appear to be complete as the play was performed, with a few minor characters omitted.) On the title page of the published copy, music is attributed to Conradi. Handwritten musical scores are included as follows (see folders 654-655): music with lyrics for songs in the play, labeled for soprano; music for "Auftrittslied" and "Couplet," in several sections, for voice and instruments, including violin and trombone, composed and signed by Theodor Schaumberg. The music for soprano is presumably by Conradi; it appears to date from a somewhat earlier period, and bears two stamps: "Theater-Leih-Bibliothek von Eugen Doeblin"; and "John Horn's Eigenthum Ap. City." Schaumberg, the composer of the supplementary music, was most likely music director at the time that the play was first performed in Phladelphia using these materials. (Schaumberg was engaged in German-language theater in Philadelphia from at least the late 1860s, and served as music director for productions in Turner Hall around 1875.) Names of actors and actresses noted on the covers of role books generally reflect their use by three or four different casts in Philadelphia, around 1875, 1879, and the early to mid 1880s. The cast noted in the published copy on the page with the character list would have performed around 1879, and probably reflects the performance advertised in May 1879 (see playbill, folder 678). See also a small notice of a coming performance in 1883 (theater newspaper, 9-15 Dec., folder 695).
