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CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
Joseph Whitmore Barry
dramatic library
THE GIFT OF
TWO FRifeND*-
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OF Cornell University
1934-
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IRVING PLACE—FRUEHLINGS ERWACHEN.
Tragedy in three acts and fifteen scenes, by Frank
Wedekind. Produced by Gustav Ambejrg, on
March 22. \i\\V
Melchior Ga'bor Poldl Murauer
Moritz Stiefel George W. Pabst
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Thea .Tulle Harburger
Martha Trude Jaclclitscb
llso Clementine von Pothy
Herr CSabor Adolf Heine
Frau (Jabor Georgine von Neuendorff
Frau Bergmann Lina Hiinseler
Ina Miiller Annie Forster
Director Sonnenstlch Ernst Robert
Professor Miiller .,.;..... Bmil Berla
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PedcH Habebald Louis Pratorius
Pastor Kahlbaucb Otto Meyer
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More than ordinary interest or curiosity drew a<
large audience to the American xjremiere of Prank
Wedekind's child tragedy, Fruehlings Erwachen (The
Awakening ot Spring). It was presented by Max i!
Ileinhardt some years ago as a piece de resistance at
his Berlin Theatre, before that institution had ac- ,
quired an international reputation, and the masterly
production by this remarkable exponent of stage-craft
resulted in a sensational run. i
Herr Wedekind's main subject is more fitting for
scientific pedagogy than for the stage. Our sociolo-
gists have become involved in acrimonious discussion
'in their endeavors to handle the problem intelligently.
The theory that parents should open the eyes of their
children to the mystery of life has as many opponents
as champions. Many conditions affect a successful
practice of this idea, and it is questionable if the
majority of fathers and mothers are capaWe of pre-
senting the subject so a child would fully grasp the
true import. Against this we have the children them-
rseeallviezse,,ewahcihleofotaherdisffweirtenhtamnenitnaslaittiyab;lesoymeearqnuiincgkfotro
knowledge, would not be content without personal
investigation, resulting i)erhaps in irreparable harm,
jjerr^Wederkind offers no tangiblysolution,,picturing
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applicable to our elementary school system.
Dr. Maximilliau Groszman, preceding the play, be-
sought a thoughtful and decorous reception of the ,
offering. A few spirits frivolously inclined were ,
hissed into silence during the performance. The play (
is in fifteen episodes or pictures, and the limited re-
sources of the Irving Place scenic investiture necessi-
tated curtailing some scenes, ^Mle a_judicious.blue i
penciling eliininated.that-JKbich-was3iettei:-leEt-io-tlie
imagination. Herr Wederkind has contributed an in-
tense and absorbing work, and has presented his sub-
ejnetcittliendtaoncoemamrennedstatiaonnd, iwmhpertehsesrivoenemcaoninnecri.des oHrenoits !1
with his views. Its adaptation into Eiiglish is hard-
ly probable, for its fate would be problematical.
The leading characters are children in the adoles-
]c$jst period. Melchior Gabor, a bright lad, has done j
much quiet investigation on his own account, and con-
Ijfeequently is advanced in worldly knowledge beyond
*tl;e understanding of his companions. Moritz Stiefel,
a classmate of Mechior, in terror of not being ad-
vanced in his class, is sorely distressed by the new
problem that life is openi) g up to him. Wendla
BerfTTifln a srirl of f'-iirteei rebels at her mo''H'>r''
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Irving Place Theater
Irving Place and I5th StreeVNew York
Telephone, Stuyvessnt 1350 Direction GVSTAV AMBERG
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Mittwoch, den 27. Maerz, Abends 8.15
Erwachen
rriihlings
Eine Kindertragodie in 3 Akten (15 Bildern) von Frank Wedekind.
Buhnen-Einrichtung Herr Erich Ehrhardt-Platen.
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PERSONEN
Melchior Gabor Poldi Murauer
Moritz Stiefel . . . Geo. W. Pabst
OErtnteostScRhorboedelr . . . . Schiiler . . . AdolCfhrNiesuteianndoRrufbf
Hanschen Rielow Curt Wehrle
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Wendla Bergmann Putzi Cassani
hea Schiilerinnen .... Julie Harburger
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)i.,,iartha Trude Jacklitsch
I'lse Clementine von Pothy
H'err Gabor Adolf Heine
Frau Gabor Georgine von Neuendorff
Frau Bergmann Lina Hanseler
Ina Miiller • Annie Forster
Direktor Sonnenstich Ernst Robert
Professor Miiller Emil Berla
Professor Abendrot Eugen Keller
Professor Friedepol Felix Marx
Professor Schulze Rudolf Diiring
pedell Habebald Eouis Pratorius
Pastor Kahlbauch Otto Meyer
Rentier Stiefel Heinrich Falk
Der vermummte Herr C'tto Ottbert
Regie Erich Ehrhardt-Platen.
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STEINWAY PIANO USED
LUGHOWS
14th Street
Opposite Irving Place
Ai~.-M..
LETZTE VORSTELLUNGEN DER SAISON.
Doniierstag, d. 28. Marz
Abends 8.15
