- Creator
- Kuhn, Effie Georgine, 1891-1978
- Call number
- *T-Mss 2001-042
- Physical description
- (1 portfolio), 28 cm; (1 portfolio), 28 cm
- Preferred Citation
- Effie Georgine Kuhn papers regarding Usigli's Crown of shadows, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Educator and author Effie Georgine Kuhn, an administrator with the State Teachers College of Trenton, N.J. in the 1940s, was the instigator of the school's effort to stage the American premiere of the historical play CORONA DE SOMBRA (CROWN OF SHADOWS) This play concerned the ill-fated 19th century Emperor Maximilian and his Empress Carlota, and was written by Mexican playwright Rodolfo Usigli (1905-1979), with whom Kuhn corresponded. The papers span 1947-1949, and consist of correspondence concerning the proposed production, largely between Effie Georgine Kuhn and Rodolfo Usigli. In addition to the correspondence, there are also research notes concerning the background of the play's characters, Usigli's prologue to a published edition of the play, brief biographical notes about Usigli himself, and an unsigned, handwritten essay about the play.
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Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor