Arthur Hellmer and Kurt Hellmer Collection
SPEC.RARE.CMS.0168
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
2.68 Cubic feet
1906-1964, circa 1980s
Arthur Hellmer, born in Vienna, was a prominent figure in German theater in the mid-20th century. In 1911, Hellmer became a co-founder of the Neues Theater in Frankfurt am Main, where he also worked as a producer and director. Kurt Hellmer was theatre director and playwright in Germany and Austria, and later a literary agent in New York City. The Arthur Hellmer and Kurt Hellmer Collection contains playscripts including comedies, tragedies, and musicals. The collection also contains photo albums, newspaper clippings, film and play reviews, many of which were written by Kurt Hellmer; photocopies of handwritten notes; typescripts of productions; administrative papers; and some correspondence. The collection is predominantly in German with minimal English. Materials in the collection are dated 1906-1964, circa 1980s.
(10) 5" letter document boxes; (2) flat boxes; (1) 5" legal document box; (1) oversized folder
German, English
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[identification of item], Arthur Hellmer and Kurt Hellmer Collection, SPEC.RARE.CMS.0168, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Biographical Note
Arthur Hellmer, born as Aurthur Ehrlich in Vienna in 1880, was a prominent figure in German theater. In 1911, Hellmer co-founded the Neues Theater, an independent theater located in Frankfurt am Main. At the Neues Theater, Hellmer worked as a producer and director, becoming the primary director of the theater in 1920. From 1925-1926, he also directed at the Lessing Theater in Berlin. Hellmer emigrated to Vienna in 1936, where he directed at the Theater an der Wien, and he later emigrated to England in 1938. In 1946, after the war ended, Hellmer returned back to Germany where he worked as the director of the German Schauspielhaus in Hamburg until 1948. Aurthur Hellmer died in 1961
Kurt Hellmer was theatre director and playwright in Germany and Austria. Hellmer fled Germay in the 1930s and became a literary agent in New York City. Kurt Hellmer died in 1974.
Scope and Contents
The Arthur Hellmer and Kurt Hellmer Collection contains playscripts including comedies, tragedies, and musicals. Arthur Hellmer’s daybook that contains lists of plays and two photo albums with photographs of productions, labeled with corresponding plays as well as the actors and actresses, are included in this collection. There are also printouts containing a complete list of productions at the Neues Theater. The collection also contains newspaper clippings and film and play reviews, many of which were written by Kurt Hellmer; photocopies of handwritten notes; administrative papers; and some correspondence. The collection is predominantly in German with minimal English. Materials in the collection date 1906-1964, circa 1980s. Titles for playscripts are displayed in the collection inventory as follows: Author last name, first name: “Title”(Alternate title, if applicable) (City:Publisher)
Hellmer, Aruthur
Hellmer, Karl, 1896-1974
Neues Theater (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
Black-and-white photographs
Motion pictures--Reviews--20th cenutry
Scripts (documents)
Theater--Germany--20th century
Theater--Reviews--20th century
Altenberg, Paul:
Vertrauenskrise (Berlin: Drei Masken Verlag)
1
1
1932
Baum, Vicki:
Pariser Platz 13 (Wien: Georg Marton Verlag)
1
2
1930
Chlumberg, Hans:
Wunder um Verdun (Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag)
1
3
1930
Corrinth, Curt:
Ein Frau Allein (Wien: Georg Matron Verlag)
1
4
1930
Eger, Paul:
Mandragola (Berlin: Egon Fleischel & Co.)
1
5
1906
Engler, Bruno:
Ringtheater (Wien: Georg Marton Verlag)
1
6
1937
Farkas, Karl and Adolf Schütz:
Dixie (Octavia Bühnen-und Musikverlag)
1
7
1938
Hellmer, Arthur:
Ich und das Theater. Manuscript day book containing a list of plays
1
8
1920-1938
Kirk, Laurence and Peter Hell:
Drei Minuten (Three Minute Murder) (Wien: Georg Marton Verlag)
2
1
1937
Koffler, Dosio:
Die Deutsche Walpurgisnacht (London: Lincolns-Prager)
2
2
1941
Introduction in English.
Lenz, Leo:
Léonie (Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Felix Bloch Erben)
2
3
1926
Meilhac, H. and A. Millaud:
Mamzelle Nitouche (Berlin: Felix Bloch Erben)
2
4
undated
Morgan, Paul and Adolf Schütz:
Axel an der Himmelstür. (Wien: Ludwig Doblinger)
2
5
1936
Pagnol, Marcel:
Zum Goldenen Anker (Berlin: Drei Masken-Verlag)
2
6
1929
Schnitzler, Arthur:
Lebelei (Basel: Doremi Musikverlag)
2
7
1934
Schurek, Paul:
Strassenmusik (Hamburg: Quickborn-Verlag)
2
8
1935
Speyer, Wilhelm:
Ein Mantel, ein Hut, ein Handschun (Berlin: Drei Masken-Verlag)
2
9
1933
Vulpius, Paul and Ralph Arthur Roberts:
Hau-ruck! (Wien: Georg Marton Verlag)
2
10
1933
Weisenborn, Günther :
Das Verlorene Gesicht (Wien: Verlag Kurt Desch)
3
1
1956
Wolf, Friedrich:
Beaumarchais (Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag)
3
2
1946
Zilahy, Ludwig:
Donnerstag, 17 April (Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Georg Marton Verlag)
3
3
1932
Zweig, Stefan:
Legende eines Lebens (Zürich: Felix Bloch Erben) typescript
3
4
1918
Raphaelson, Samson:
Jung Muss Man Sein typescript
3
5
undated
Scope and Contents
Translation into German by Kurt Hellmer
Brod, Max and Hans Reimann:
Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schweik typescript
3
6
undated
Des Juden Oper (Opera do Judaeo) typescript
3
7
undated
Herbert, F. Hugh:
Eine Reizene Familie typescript
3
8
1948
Scope and Contents
Translation into German by Kurt Hellmer
Typed notes and reviews
4
1
1925
Typed notes and reviews
5
1-5
1926-1929
Typed notes and reviews
4
2-14
1929-1938, 1946
Typed notes and reviews
5
6
1947
Typed notes and reviews
4
15
1947
Typed notes and reviews
5
7
1947
Typed notes and reviews
4
16
1948
Documentary part print-out: The entire repertoire of the New Theater and the chamber plays
5
8
circa 1980s
Agoston, Gerty:
Die Stadt ohne Türme (Budapest: Bühnenverlag Johann Smolka)
6
1
1946
Borchert, Wolfgang:
Draussen von der Tür (Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag)
6
2
1947
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Hubalek, Claus:
Die Stunde der Antigone (Berlin: Felix Bloch Erben)
6
3
1960
Orff, Carl:
Die Bernauerin (Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne)
6
4
1946
Sardou, Victorien:
Madam Sans-Gêne (Wien: Ludwig Doblinger)
6
5
1938
Scope and Contents
(2 copies)
Schäfer, Walter Erich:
Die Verschwörung (Überlingen-Bondensee: Bühnenvertrieb Gerhard Dietzmann)
6
6
1949
Schwarz, Jewgenij:
Der Schatten (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Bruno Henschel & Sohn)
6
7
undated
Wellershoff, Dieter:
Am ungenauen Ort (Wiesbaden: Limes Verlag)
6
8
1960
Photocopies of handwritten notes
6
9
undated
Audiberti, Jacques:
Äpfelchen...Äpfelchen... (Zürich: Verlag Hans Rudolf Stauffacher)
6
10
undated
Audiberti, Jacques:
Der Glapion-Effekt (Zürich: Verlag Hans Rudolf Stauffacher)
6
11
undated
Benatzky, Ralph:
Der König mit dem Regenschirm (Berlin: Vertriebsstelle und Verlag deutscher Bühnenschrift-steller und Bühnenkomponisten)
6
12
undated
Bruckner, Ferdinand:
Denn Seine Zeit ist Kurz (Zürich: Steinberg Verlag)
7
1
1945
Bruckner, Ferdinand:
Fährten (Wien: Schönbrunn-Verlag)
7
2
1948
Defresne, August:
Das Fräulein und der Zufall (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Felix Bloch Erben)
7
3
undated
Farkas, Karl, Adolf Schütz, and Michael Krasznay-Krausz:
Dixie (Wien: Octavia Bühnen und Musikverlag)
7
4
1938
Fulda, Ludwig:
Des Efels Schatten (Berlin-Wilmersdorf: Felix Bloch Erben)
7
5
1921
Hochwälder, Frtiz:
Donnerstag (Zürich)
7
6
undated
Graetz, Wolfgang:
Die Verschwörer (München: Rütten & Loening Verlag)
7
7
undated
Gressieker, Hermann:
Der Regenbogen (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Felix Bloch Erben)
7
8
undated
Gressieker, Hermann:
Heinrich der Achte und seine Frauen (Berlin: Felix Bloch Erben)
7
9
1956
Gressieker, Hermann:
Seneca und die goldenen Jahre (Berlin: Felix Bloch Erben)
7
10
1959
Gressieker, Hermann:
Spielregeln (Berlin: Felix Bloch Erben)
7
11
undated
Kipphardt, Heinar:
Der Hund des Generals (München: Drei Masken Verlag)
8
1
1961
Kirst, Hans Hellmut:
Aufstand der Offiziere (München: Theaterverlag Kurt Desch)
8
2
circa 1944
Klabund:
Der Kreidekreis (Berlin: Gustav Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs)
8
3
1931
Kolpe, Max:
Pam-Pam (Wien: Wiener Operetten Verlag)
8
4
circa 1937
Mansfeld, Michael:
Einer von Uns (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Felix Bloch Erben)
8
5
undated
Neumann, Alfred:
Der Patriot (Berlin: Chronos Verlag Martin Moerike)
8
6
undated
Rehfisch, Hans J.:
Die eiserne Strasse (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Felix Bloch Erben)
8
7
undated
Rehfisch, Hans J.:
Oberst Chabert (München: Theaterverlag Kurt Desch)
8
8
undated
Rutenborn, Günther:
Die Ewige Exzellenz (München: Drei Mask Verlag)
8
9
1959
Schnitzler, Arthur:
Liebelei (Basel: Doremi Musikverlag)
8
10
1934
Schönherr, Karl:
Der Weibsteufel (Wien: Verlag Kurt Desch)
9
1
1956
Vian, Boris:
Generäle (Le Goûter des Généraux) (Zürich: Verlag Hans Rudolf Stauffacher)
9
2
undated
Weisenborn, Günther:
Das Verlorene Gesicht (Wien: Verlag Kurt Desch)
9
3
1956
Werner, Vilém:
Menschen auf der Eisscholle (Wien: Verlag Max Pfeffer)
9
4
1937
Andrejew, Leonid:
Die Tage des Lebens (Berlin: Verlag J. Ladnfchnitow)
9
5
undated
Arx, Cäsar von:
Opernball 13 (Zürich: Rascher & Cie)
9
6
1932
Bruckner, Ferdinand:
Dramen Unserer Zeit (Zürich: Steinberg Verlag)
9
7
1943, 1945
Bruckner, Ferdinand:
Die Befreiten (Zürich: Steinberg Verlag)
9
8
1943, 1945
Benatzky, Ralph:
Der König (Berlin: Arion-Bühnenvertrieb)
9
9
1935
Döblin, Alfred:
Die Ehe (Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag)
9
10
1930
Graff, Sigmund and Carl Ernst Hintze:
Die Endlose Strasse (Berlin: Vertriebsstelle des Verbandes Deutscher Bühnenscheiftsteller und Bühnenkoponisten)
10
1
1930
Grünwald, Alfred:
Roxy und ihr Wunderteam (Berlin: Musikverlag Ludwig Doblinger)
10
2
1937
Ivers, Axel:
Parkstrasse 13 (München: Drei Masken Verlag)
10
3
undated
Jahnn, Hans Henny:
Armut, Reichtum, Mensch und Tier (München: Willi Weismann Verlag)
10
4
1948
Jamiaque, Yves:
Die Meerschweinchen (
Les Cochons d'Indie) (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Felix Bloch Erben)
10
5
undated
Jewreinow, N.:
Die Hauptfache (Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow Verlag)
10
6
undated
Kaiser, Georg:
Zwei Krawatten (Berlin: Alrobi Musikverlag)
10
7
1929
Kästner, Erich:
Leben in dieser Zeit (Berlin: Chronos-Verlag)
10
8
1931
Kulisch, Mikola:
Die Beethobensonate (Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag)
10
9
1932
Lenz, Siegfried:
Das Gesicht (Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe Verlag)
10
10
1964
Mallinckrodt, Gerd von:
Das Zeugins des Reverend Leeds (Berlin-Charlottenburg: Felix Bloch Erben)
10
11
1955
Malmberg, Bertil:
Die Exzellenz (Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag)
11
1
1945
Molnár:
Eins, Zwei, Drei
11
2
undated
Mostar, Herrmann:
Putsch in Paris (Frankfurt: Verlag Josef Knecht-Carolusdruckerei)
11
3
1947
Rehfisch, Hans and Wilhelm Herzog:
Die Affäre Dreyfus (München: Verlag Kurt Desch)
11
4
undated
Rutenborn, Günter:
Glücklich geschieden (München: Drei Masken Verlag)
11
5
1954
Schäfer, Walter Erich:
Das Feuer (Leipzig: Dietzmann Verlag)
11
6
1943
Thoma, Ludwig:
Moral (München: Verlag Kurt Desch)
11
7
undated
Tschechow, Anton:
Onfel Wanja (Berlin: J. Ladyschniknow Verlag)
11
8
undated
Tschechow, Anton:
Der Kirschgarten (Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow Verlag)
11
9
undated
Tschechow, Anton:
Imanom (Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow Verlag)
11
10
undated
Tschechow, Anton:
Die Möwe (Berlin: J. Ladyschnikow Verlag)
11
11
undated
Walther, Arthur:
Die Flamme von Champel (München: Theaterverlag Kurt Desch)
11
12
1961
Wedekind, Kadidja:
Eine kleine Staatsaffaire (München: Drei Masken Verlag)
11
13
1952
Weisenborn, Günther:
Li-lifan oder das Glück der Konlubienen (München: Theater Verlag Kurt Desch)
11
14
undated
Photo album of theatrical productions with plays and actors/actresses indentified
12
circa 1930s
Scope and Contents
Table of contents in back.
Photo album of theatrical productions with plays and actors/actresses indentifed
13
circa 1930s
Scope and Contents
Table of contents in back. Includes drawing of stage design on page 33.
Complete sequence of productions at "Neues Theater" Frankfurt am Main print out
RARE Shared 2
circa 1980s