Use the above window to search all fields. Otherwise, search individual fields below.
Please note: In many of the bibliographic records, MKI has not used umlauts (ä, ö, ü) or the letter ß. Try searching both for umlauts and for ae, oe, or ue, and ss.
| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Kremling, Helmut John, 1941- |
| Title | German Drama on the Cleveland Stage: Performances in German and English from 1850 to the Present |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | Ph.D -- Ohio State University |
| Date | 1976 |
| Extent of Work | 214 pages |
| View Online | |
| Contents | The Audience: The German Immigrants -- Theatrical Beginnings, 1820-1860 (German Clubs Initiate Theater, 1850s; First Professional German Theater in Cleveland, 1856, Opposition to the Theater) -- Progress for Cleveland's German-Language Theater (Two Seasons under F. Szwirschina, 1872-1874) -- Last and Greatest Cleveland German-Language Theater Era (Establishing of a Theaterverein, 1899; Two Seasons under A. Wurster, 1899-1901; Two Seasons under A. Sandory, 1901-1903; One Season under F. Nolte, 1903-1904) -- On Acting in Cleveland's German-Language Theater -- A Cross-Sectional Analysis and Classification of the Repertoire -- Speculations about the Rise and Fall of the German-Language Theater Including Comments about Audience Tastes in Cleveland (German Plays for a German-American Audience; The Limited Audience; Scandals and Financial Difficulties) -- German Plays in Translation in Cleveland since the First World War (Dearth of German Plays, 1940s, Renewed Interest in German Drama, 1950s and 1960s) -- Conclusion. Includes German Plays of the 1872-1874, 1885, and 1899-1904 Seasons, and German Plays in Translation since WWI. |
| MKI Annotation | "Almost all plays performed were imports from Germany. In fact, if a play had been a recent hit this was well advertised to help attract a crowd. An exception to this was the play 'Herz und Dollar,' a German-American play by Max Cohnheim. Very few German-American pieces were being written and there was the snobbish tendency to prefer the pieces from abroad." -- pp. 34-35. |
| MKI Terms | Theater & Drama/ German Americans -- Ohio/ Cleveland (Ohio) |