Collection of material by and relative to Adolphe Appia, 1908-1932 [microform] / Adolphe Appia.

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Collection of material by and relative to Adolphe Appia, 1908-1932 [microform] / Adolphe Appia.

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This collection on microfilm comprises one printed item and six typescripts relating to Adolphe Appia. The collection opens with the memorial issue of Theater arts monthly that was dedicated to Appia (v. 16, no. 8, Aug. 1932). There follow six typescripts, five of which are essays by Appia: "Conférence: la mise en scéne et son avenir" (1921, 26 p.); "Notes sur le théâtre" (1908, 15 p.); "Art vivant ou nature morte?" (1922-23, 11 p.); "Comment réformer notre mise en scéne" (n.d., 10 p.); and "La musique et la mise en scéne" (n.d., 133, 74 p.). The sixth typescript reproduces an essay by Jean Mercier: "Adolphe Appia et la rénovation de l'art dramatique contemporain" (n.d., 30 p.)

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New York Public Library

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