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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Slifer, Frank |
| Title, Analytic | 'Der Umgeschickt Menschefanger': A Three-Act Pennsylvania German Play by the Women's Guild of the Maxatawny Reformed Charge |
| Journal Title | Journal of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies |
| Date of Publication | Fall 2014 |
| Volume ID | 20 |
| Issue ID | 4 |
| Location in Work | 3-26 |
| Abstract | In the mid-1930s, Rev. Dr. Franklin D. Slifer, pastor of the Maxatawny Reformed Charge in Berks County, wrote this dialect play about detective Otto Schmaltz, recently certified via a mail-order course in detection. His first case is to locate Arabella, daughter of Capt. Schmidt, who has eloped with Johnny Gretz. Schmaltz's efforts are complicated by the escape of two residents of the local insane asylum. The play was originally performed by an all female cast, and was revived and staged in 1985 by the Goschenhoppen Historians. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Theater & Drama/ Pennsylvania-German dialect/ Humor & Satire |