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Program: The Hoboken Theatre Group ,"Androcles and the Lion" by G.B. Shaw. (Hoboken, Nov. 6, 1931.)

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Program: The Hoboken Theatre Group Presents "Androcles and the Lion" by George Bernard Shaw; Under the direction of Mr. H[arold]. A. Zantow. Friday Eve., November 6, 1931. Single folio, coverweight stock, 5-1/2" x 7-1/4" high, [4] pp. With: newsclipping re production from the same date, newspaper not identified. Not stated on the program, but in the news article, the performance was at the Union Club (600 Hudson St.), Hoboken. The organization was an amateur theatrical society possibly associated with the Stevens Preparatory School (Academy) and or Hoboken Academy. These materials are from the personal papers of Anita Heimbruch of 1217 Garden St., Hoboken. (At the date of this item she was probably living at 165 11th St., Hoboken.) She was a cast member listed in the program as an "An old beggar." Plus she is listed as the only committee member for "Arts and Crafts" in the organization credits. It would appear that she had a relative (sister or mother?) associated with this group: Hildegard Heimbruch who was the Secretary of the organization, a member of the Publicity Committee and, although not listed in the program as a cast member, she is listed in the newspaper article. (See archives 2003.037.6002 for the program of an April 1932 production by this same group.) See notes.

2003.037.6001

2003.037

Heimbruch, Anita

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Papers of Anita Heimbruch. Gift of Anita Heimbruch

1931 - 1931

Date(s) Created: 1931 Date(s): 1931-1931

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Notes: The cast apparently included mostly Hoboken residents. Directed by Harold Zantow of Stevens Prep (who also was performed in it), the featured actress was Elizabeth M. Rushe ("a graduate of the dramatic school of Columbia University... she formerly made her home in Hoboken and was a member of the Book Shop Players, which merged with the Dramatic Society of the Union Club.") The cast included a credit for a "George Spelvin" which was a traditional pseudonym used in the theater for persons not wanting their name used (possibly a union actor who could not perform under their own name in a non-union production.) Besides the cast list and the officers/committees of the organization, there is a list of "Patrons and Patronesses" which has a significant number of German names. This list suggests an association with the Hoboken Academy which had been established as a German-language school. Also the Union Club which was then primarily a public restaurant and banquet hall had formerly been the Deutscher or German Club, a private club until World War I. Notable among the patrons are executives of the Keuffel & Esser Company of Hoboken : Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Keuffel, Mr. & Mrs. W.G. Keuffel and Mrs. & Mrs. W.L.E. Keuffel. Anita Heimbruch would become an employee in 1942 and stay there for over 25 years. People in cast or affiliated with the group not including patrons: Anderson, Norman Diekhaus, Harold Diekhaus, Mary Feuerstein, Harold Feuerstein, Irma Freeman, Julius Ganz, Albert Ganz, Chrysta (or Chrystal) Granelli, Laura K. Grouls, Harold Heimbruch, Anita M. Heimbruch, Hildegard Maerlender, Edward H. Lindemann, Margaret Kotter, Gertrud (sic Koetter, Gertrude) McGraw, John Merz, Adelma Rushe, Elizabeth M. Schmidt, Carl Schmidt, Dorothea Sisserson, Langdon Stasse, Emily Sticht, Grace K. Sullivan, Agnes M. Wedluga, Norman Wisloh, Ethel Wisloh, Gordon E. Zantow, Harold A. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2009-11-11

pg [1], front cover
pp [2-3]; cast; patrons and patronesses pg [4]: officers; committees newsclipping with photo of Elizabeth M. Rushe