[Original album of a travelling British dancing company, documenting their time at the Städtische bühne in Ulm in Germany with many photographs and related ephemera, including the programmes of plays in which they danced] [graphic].
1960
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Title
[Original album of a travelling British dancing company, documenting their time at the Städtische bühne in Ulm in Germany with many photographs and related ephemera, including the programmes of plays in which they danced] [graphic].
Created/published
[Germany], [1960s]
Description
1 album ; 25 x 35 cm
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Place of creation/publication
Germany, -- production place.
Item Details
Call number
272504
Folger-specific note
Ordered from: Pickering & Chatto Antiquarian Booksellers, D9518, 2021-08-21, ordered online.
From dealer's description: "Large Album. Oblong 4to, with approximately 100 photographs and 25 programmes tipped (and a few loosely inserted) in on 20 leaves, with dividing tissue guards; bound in original red leather album, upper board decorated in gilt; a very desirable item. There were more performances of Shakespeare plays and operas than of any other single author in Germany in the early 1960s. This fascinating archive of photographs and theatre programmes documents a British dance company's visit to Germany for the 1960-61 and 1961-62 seasons, at the Städtische bühne Ulm. 'In Ulm J. J. Eschenburg's eighteenth-century translation of The Taming of the Shrew ['Die Kunst, eine Widerbellerin zu zahmen'] had an interesting revival. But on the whole most producers decided in favour of the established translation by Schlegel-Tieck which was used for sixty-four productions.' [Shakespeare Survey] The company role was to provide dance and ballet sequences for theatre performances and was made up of established British performers Robin Willett, Sally Perry, Michael Tye-Walker and Malcolm Chisham, the latter of whom seems to have been responsible for putting the album together. The Album begins with the group setting sail with Dover's famous white cliff's in the background. Arriving at the Städtische bühne in Ulm they were to star in no less than 25 productions over the next two years, including Wagner's Der Fliegende Hollander, Verdi's Aida and Rigoletto, and Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor (Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor) and The Taming of the Shrew mentioned above. Each production is documented with photo's and the original printed programme, some with rather startling colours and designs! It certainly seems clear from the photo's that the majority of dance performed by the company was ballet. Also included are photo's of the company's 'Trip to Munchen for TV'. On further research we have found little more on what became of the four members of the company, other than that Michael Tye-Walker went on to star in the film Man in a Suitcase (1967). All in all a wonderful and evocative photographic and printed record. See Shakespeare Survey Volume 15, Cambridge, 1962; p. 134 for a full account Shakespeare in Germany at this period. Seller Inventory # 2160304"
From dealer's description: "Large Album. Oblong 4to, with approximately 100 photographs and 25 programmes tipped (and a few loosely inserted) in on 20 leaves, with dividing tissue guards; bound in original red leather album, upper board decorated in gilt; a very desirable item. There were more performances of Shakespeare plays and operas than of any other single author in Germany in the early 1960s. This fascinating archive of photographs and theatre programmes documents a British dance company's visit to Germany for the 1960-61 and 1961-62 seasons, at the Städtische bühne Ulm. 'In Ulm J. J. Eschenburg's eighteenth-century translation of The Taming of the Shrew ['Die Kunst, eine Widerbellerin zu zahmen'] had an interesting revival. But on the whole most producers decided in favour of the established translation by Schlegel-Tieck which was used for sixty-four productions.' [Shakespeare Survey] The company role was to provide dance and ballet sequences for theatre performances and was made up of established British performers Robin Willett, Sally Perry, Michael Tye-Walker and Malcolm Chisham, the latter of whom seems to have been responsible for putting the album together. The Album begins with the group setting sail with Dover's famous white cliff's in the background. Arriving at the Städtische bühne in Ulm they were to star in no less than 25 productions over the next two years, including Wagner's Der Fliegende Hollander, Verdi's Aida and Rigoletto, and Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor (Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor) and The Taming of the Shrew mentioned above. Each production is documented with photo's and the original printed programme, some with rather startling colours and designs! It certainly seems clear from the photo's that the majority of dance performed by the company was ballet. Also included are photo's of the company's 'Trip to Munchen for TV'. On further research we have found little more on what became of the four members of the company, other than that Michael Tye-Walker went on to star in the film Man in a Suitcase (1967). All in all a wonderful and evocative photographic and printed record. See Shakespeare Survey Volume 15, Cambridge, 1962; p. 134 for a full account Shakespeare in Germany at this period. Seller Inventory # 2160304"
Folger accession
272504