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Film, Video Lying, Stealing, and Other Theatrical Crimes: Molnar's The Devil and the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, c. 1907-8

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Title

  • Lying, Stealing, and Other Theatrical Crimes: Molnar's The Devil and the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, c. 1907-8

Summary

  • This lecture draws on material found in the Library of Congress's Minnie Maddern Fiske Collection to offer a case study of the events surrounding the acquisition, translation, and production of Ferenc Molnar's play "The Devil" (Az Ordog) by two rival American theatre managers, Henry W. Savage and Harrison Grey Fiske. In the aftermath of a dismal theatre season following the Panic of 1907, both managers claimed that they had the authorized version of the Hungarian play and the moral right to stage it. And in many respects, both were right. By tracing the competing networks of agents, managers, and translators who participated in the transformation and circulation of "The Devil" as it moved from Budapest to Berlin to New York, Marlis Schweitzer, Kluge Fellow, highlights the complicated personal and business networks that were an integral part of the emerging transnational trade in theatrical commodities.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-11-19.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Folklife

Notes

  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Marlis Schweitzer.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-11-19.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688361

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Lying, Stealing, and Other Theatrical Crimes: Molnar's The Devil and the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, -8. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-19, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688361/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2009) Lying, Stealing, and Other Theatrical Crimes: Molnar's The Devil and the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, -8. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-19. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688361/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Lying, Stealing, and Other Theatrical Crimes: Molnar's The Devil and the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, -8. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-19, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688361/>.