Billy Rose Theatre Division

Resources (6)

• Non-Book Collection and Cage File For the selected list of individuals, subjects, and works -listed below, the collections include such material as photographs, clippings, programs, reviews, and articles. In some cases, specific holdings are noted. Acting—Speech—[Dialects]—Stage dialects recorded by (?) Jerry Blunt (5" tapes). Tape 5, track 2, has Russian and German dialects (Rodgers and Hammerstein Div.). Actors and Acting—Russia. Chingiz Aitmatov. Aleksei Arbuzov. Brooks Atkinson—Correspondence from the 1950s about the Russian theater, A. Chekhov, etc. A. Chekhov. The Cherry Orchard—Correspondence, business papers, graphics, etc concerning U.S. productions of this play, actors and actresses in it, etc. Cinema—Russia/Russian. Cinema—Stars—Russian. Circus—Russia. Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein—Original caricatures. Alexandra Exter—Original design (curtain) for Moscow's Kamerny Theatre (1914). Hallie Flanagan—Scrapbook with programs, clippings, manuscript notes, and letters relating to her trip to visit Russian theaters (1926). N. Gogol. Maksim Gorkii. Boris Goudounov—Color costume sketch by Leon Bakst; and wash drawings of costumes for Boris (Kate Friedheim Collection). Vassily Ivanovitch Katchaloff (also, Katschalow)—Autographed photographs, one of him as Vershinin in "The Three Sisters." Vsevolod Meyerhold. Sonia Moore—Typescript of "Eugene B. Bakhtangov. Director, Actor, Teacher, Man" (n.d.); signed letter concerning a 1970 U.S. production of "The Cherry Orchard"; and signed letter, 1961, with reviews of her The Stanislavski Method. Moscow—(many subheadings). Moscow Art Theatre—Painting by George A. de Pogedas from June 1926 (Morris Gest originals); material relating to a 1900 MAT production of "Uncle Vanya"; original poster; filmstrips of MAT productions in 1965; and autographed photos of Olga Knipper-Chekhova and V. Kachalov. Alia Nazimova—Autographed photo; undated caricature (in Alfred Frueh originals); caricature of her in "The Cherry Orchard" (1928); ALS to Nila Mack ca. 1917; and a program. V. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Vera Mentchinova. Puppets for Proletarian Revolution. Radio—Russia. John Reed—Leaflets and periodicals with play casts from Moscow in 1917. Nikolai Vladimirovich Remizov —Photographs of original drawings by N. V. Remizov for a photoplay, "The gambler," after Dostoyevskii... [n.p., 193-?], 8 leaves and 16 plates, with a typewritten description of the drawings by the owner, Mr. Remizov (catalogue listing under "Cinema: Stills"). Soviet Circus. Stage—Russia. Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski (real name Constantin Sergeivich Alexiev)—Photographs of him, his productions, and later Moscow Art Theatre productions; scrapbooks; clippings; articles from around the world; text of "Stanislavsky and America," a broadcast by N. Solntsev, 7 August 1958; pencil sketch for "The Mistress of the Inn"; tape recording (7") of a series of 12 talks given in Hollywood (1955) by Michael Chekhov (actor, director, and teacher at the MAT for 16 years and head of the Second Moscow Art Theatre); medals; and stamps. V. Stanitsin (Stanitzyn). Aleksandr Tairov (Tairoff). Theatrical Postage Stamps—Honoring the Soviet film industry, 1969, for the second international Tchaikovsky [Chaikovskii] competition, 1962, and others. Yevgenii Bogratinovich Vakhtangov—See also under Sonia Moore.

• Drama Collection

  Listing by Cultural Origin Under "Drama, Russian" and "Drama, Russian—Translations into English" (or other language): Sergei Gerasimov—"The teacher." Vladimir Mikhailovich Kirshon and A. Ouspensky—"Red Rust." Boris Andreyevich Lavrenev—"The road begins,"

• Theatre Collection

  Books on the Theatre Under "Drama—Promptbooks and typescripts" (i.e., working scripts for play productions) and under "Drama, Russian—Translations into English" (or German): Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev—"He who gets slapped." Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev—"Enemies." Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok—"Love poetry and civil service." Mikhail Afanas'yevich Bulgakov—"Days of the Turbins" and an adaptation of Gogol's "Dead Souls." Anton P. Chekhov—"A marriage proposal"; "The cherry orchard"; "Ivanov"; "I forgot"; and "The seagull." Mikhail Chekhov—"The witch" by A. Chekhov with manuscript corrections and notes in Russian, plus "The adventures of Samuel Pickwick, esq." Jacques Deval—"Tovarich." Fedor Dostoevskii [Dostoevsky/Dostoyevskii/Dostoyevsky];adaptations: by Jacques Copeau ("The brothers Karamazov"), George Shdanoff ("The possessed"), and Boris Tumarin. Osip Dymov—"The Bronx express; a local comedy"; "The spirit of the city"; "Nju"; "Revolution in Coney Island"; "Ezra"; "In our time"; "The last woman"; and "Invitation to error." Aleksei Mikhailovich Faiko—"The man with a portfolio." Nikolai Vasil'yevich Gogol'—"The inspector-general"; "A madman's diary"; and "Dead souls"; plus other adaptations by Arthur Adamov ("Dead souls") and M. Bulgakov ("Dead souls"). Maksim Gorkii—"Night lodging" and "Queer people." Valentin Petrovich Katayev—"Die Defraudanten"; The last of the Equipagew"; and "The path of flowers." Konstantin Yakovlevich Khal'fin—"Secret weapon." Piotr Korvin-Krukovski (pseudonym: Pierre Newsky)—"The honour of the humble"; "The Danicheffs"; "Danischeffs"; and "Rurik" (an adaptation of "The Danischeffs" by Pierre Newsky and Alexandre Dumas fils). A. J. Kosorotow—"Cafe chantant." August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue—"Count Benyowsky; or The conspiracy of Kamtschatka. A tragi-comedy." Albert Lortzing—"Tsar and carpenter" (English libretto). Lev Natanovich Lunz—"The city of truth" and "The outlaw." Princess Alexandra Melikoff, duchess of Leuchtenberg—"A fire in the dark" (a picture of the Russian revolution). Her pseudonym was Zamtary. A. Nabatov—"The portrait of Izim-Yoo." Attila Orbok—"Der Volkskommissar." Mendel Osherowitch—"Czarevitch Feodor" (opera). Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovski—"The forest." Yevgenii Petrovich Petrov—"The island of peace." A. S. Pushkin—"The feast of death." S. Semionov-Polonski—"On virgin soil." George Shdanoff—adaptation of Dostoevskii's "The possessed." Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov—"The whole world over" and "The Russian people." Vladimir S. Solov'iov—"Field Marshal Kutuzov." Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Sukhovo-Kobylin—"The death of Tarelkin." Il'ya Dmitriyevich Surguchev—"Autumn." Aleksei K. Tolstoi—"The death of Ivan the Terrible." Sergei Mikhailovich Tret'yakov—"Roar China." Boris Tumarin—adaptations of F. Dostoevskii. L. Tur—"Showdown." Ivan S. Turgenev—"A month in the country." Lev Nikolayevich Urvantzov—"Vera" and other works in German. I.M. Voikov—"Love in the country." Nikolai Nikolayevich Yevreinov—"The chief thing" and "The radio kiss." Gerald Zoffer—"The end of all things natural; a drama of contemporary Russia" (1969).

  Note: Under "Drama, Russian," nearly all citations are of published works. However, some of these books include the author's autograph (e.g., Ivan Yegorovich Bel'tzman).

• Under "Drama, Lettish"

  Bound, uncatalogued pamphlet collection.

• Under "Drama, Lithuanian"

  Balys Sruoga—autographed copy of Aitvaras teisejas (Kaunas, 1935).

• Under "Drama, Ukrainian- Translations into Carpatho-Russian"

  Antonii A. Bobul'ski—"N'imaja nevista"; with Mykhaila Starytz'kyi—"Oj ne chodi Hricu, ta na vecernici."