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Anonymous ms. poem addressed to Minna Planer as Sena in Solomon's Judgment, 1833 Feb. 14 ; 15 ALS, including 2 from Anton Hübsch of Königsberg, offering engagements at various theaters in Germany, 1833 Dec. 23 - 1836 March 6 ; 1 ALS from Minna Planer, Magdeburg, 1833 Dec. 27, to an unspecified theater director stating her conditions ; contract between Minna Planer and Anton Hübsch of the Königsberg Theater, 1836 March 28 ; newspaper, Unterhaltungsblätter, Königsberg, 1836 Nov. 5, containing an article on Minna Planer as an actress. A draft letter for Minna Planer in the hand of Richard Wagner is cataloged separately (NYPW91-A75). A ms. stagebook with Minna Planer's silent part in Auber's Die Stumme von Portici has been cataloged separately in the Books File (NYPG91-B1045). less

As a young man, the German composer Richard Wagner was in love with actress Minna Planer who later became his first wife. Minna's standing as first tragic artist in the Magdeburg theater was being threatened by a Mme. Grabowsky. Bethmann was director of the theater. A scribbled draft in the hand of Richard Wagner of a letter for Minna Planer to send to Director Bethmann, demanding her rights as first tragic actress in the Magdeburg theater. The draft is written on the verso of a discarded letter, a rejection by Minna to an unnamed suitor. In the remaining space on the same sheet of paper, Natalie Planer (Minna's illegitimate daughter) has written an explanation of Richard Wagner's draft. less