gb-003348-wl599b
type: RecordSet
archival history: It was deposited by Hanna Norbert, wife of Martin Miller, both of whom were actors in"das Laternd".
biographical history: The Laterndl theatre opened on 21 June 1939 at the address of the Austrian Centre, 126 Westbourne Terrace. It was conceived of as a Kleinkunstbühne. Kleinkunst was a term created in the 1930s for a type of anti-Nazi cabaret. It is described as being at the serious end of the comic market, and whilst it included many of the elements common to cabaret, it didn't include the more frivolous and bohemian. Martin Miller was responsible for production as well as being one of the main character actors. The writers were Franz Hartl, Hugo Königsgarten, Rudolf Spitz, and Hans Weigel. Kurt Manschinger dealt with the music, décor was by Carl Josefovics and costumes by Käthe Berl. The actors were Lona Cross, Greta Hartwig, Willy Kennedy, Jaro Klüger, Fritz Schrecker, Sylvia Steiner and Marianne Walla. The theatre moved to 153 Finchley Road and then to 69 Eton Avenue by November 1941. One of the most famous achievements associated with"das Laternd" was the Martin Miller's spoof Hitler broadcast on April Fools' Day, 1940, in which Hitler claimed that Columbus had discovered America with the aid of German science, giving Germany territorial claim. A text of the speech is included in this collection.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Microfilm
conditions of access: Open
conditions of use: R:\Document collections\MF54\Working images\36 frames 276-447
has or had holder: gb-003348
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has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: deu
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has record set type: Collection
identifier: WL599b
record resource extent: 170 frames
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scope and content: Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive. This microfilm collection of programmes, reviews, photographs, etc relates to"Das Laternd", the London-based, Austrian exile, anti-Nazi theatre. Also included in the collection is material relating to the life and work of Jura Soyfer, a young Austrian communist party member who was recognised as leading social commentator in the 1930s and who was arrested after the Austrian Anschluss in 1938 and died in Buchenwald in 1939.
title: Das Laterndl: Various papers