{"value"=>"<p>This subseries is arranged alphabetically by production. These files pertain to Berghof and Hagen's work in theater and in television productions. Files consist of correspondence, costume and set design, legal agreements, playbills, promotional material, prompt books, scripts, and theatrical notes. The prompt books can contain cast lists, news clippings, notes, photographs, set and lighting designs, schedules, and annotated scripts. Often productions contain multiple scripts. These scripts can include various revisions, scripts with notes for various characters and technical staff, master scripts, and tour scripts.</p> <p>The material regarding Charlotte is particularly extensive and covers pre-and-post production, Charlotte's Broadway debut, and subsequent international tour. The general file consists of copyright registration for Hagen and Berghof's translation, rehearsal and performance calendars, and biographical information and photographs of playwright Peter Hacks. Correspondence is primarily from Berghof and his assistant at the time, Marlene Mancini, and discusses financial and production matters, including correspondence with Hacks. Contracts are with actors and production staff through the Actors' Equity Association, with investors, and with Hacks. Financial materials contain budgets, check enclosures, and account notebooks from the tour. Research materials contain articles, images used for potential costume and set design, and notes of Stein genealogy. Tour bookings hold correspondence, contracts, programs, and reviews for various performances in the United States and Canada. The files for Poor Murder have extensive notes on various interpretations and correspondence with Czech playwright Pavel Kohout, who at that time was viewed as a dissident for his signing of Charter 77, and actress Joan Davis. The casting problems file contains suggestions for roles, notes on agents, and audition schedules, demonstrating the process of casting for a production.</p> <p>The set and costume designs, particularly for The Affairs of Anatol, Charlotte, and Tovarich are elaborate and hand-drawn. The Tovarich set designs have correspondence from Harry Horner to Hagen and Berghof. Posters include negatives, mock-ups, and finished products and are for special events, readings, and staged productions. Published texts have been heavily annotated by Berghof or Hagen. Many of the books demonstrate heavy use with missing covers or fragile binding. The copy of Faust, published by the Arden Book Company and illustrated by Harry Clarke, includes a German version, published in 1938, interleaved within the pages. Additionally, there are translation notes pasted throughout the book.</p>"}