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Guide to the Beatrice Bernfeld Puppet Play Scripts and Stories
circa 1913-1995 (bulk, 1929-1940s?)
MS 3202
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Bernfeld, Beatrice, 1906-1997 |
| Title: |
Beatrice Bernfeld puppet play scripts and stories |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
circa 1913-1995 (bulk, 1929-1940s?) |
| Abstract: |
Puppet play scripts and story texts, in English with some examples of Yiddish, assembled
by Beatrice Bernfeld (1906–1997), a New York City children's librarian who performed
them using eight figures she constructed of papier-mâché (now held by the New-York
Historical Society Museum). Most plays are adaptions of traditional European folk
and fairy tales, while the stories are drawn from well-known writers like Washington
Irving, Lewis Carroll, and the Yiddish language authors I. L. Peretz and Sholem Aleichem.
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| Quantity: |
0.41 Linear feet (34 folders in 1 document box) |
| Language: |
The documents in this collection are in English and Yiddish. |
| Call Phrase: |
MS 3202 |
