- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2.8 linear feet (5 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence and scripts of Barnowsky's plays including The Hand that Rocked the Cradle and Women at the Helm; outlines or synopses for adaptations of Ibsen's Ghosts, Schiller's Don Carlos and others; drafts of book entitled Matinée Idol; and Barnowsky's essays on Greek drama.
- Subject
- Barnowsky, Victor, 1876-1952
- Bergner, Elisabeth, 1897-1986
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
- Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943
- Schiller, Hans von, 1891-1976
- Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918
- Drama > History and criticism > Study and teaching
- Greek drama > Study and teaching
- European drama > History
- American drama > 20th century
- Religion and drama
- Theater > History
- World War, 1939-1945 > Theater and the war
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints.
- Access (note)
- Source (note)
- Biography (note)
- Victor Barnowsky was a German playwright and theater director.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 214
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A323
- Author
Barnowsky, Victor, 1876-1952.
- Title
Victor Barnowsky papers, 1920-1949.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
Victor Barnowsky was a German playwright and theater director. After emigrating to the U.S. from Europe in the 1930s, he taught theatre and dramatics at Fordham University and Hunter College in New York City.
- Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
Dramatists.
Theatrical producers and directors.
- Added Author
Granach, Alexander.
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 214