Leo Kerz Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of typescripts (copies) of stage plays in English translation by Bert Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Eugene Ionesco, Georg Kaiser, Leonard Lesley, and Martin Walser, translated and/or adapted by Leo Kerz.
Also included here are postcards showing stage designs by Leo Kerz.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1970
Creator
- Hirschfeld, Louise Kerz, 1936- (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Copyright with Leo Kerz and/or the Harvard Theatre Collection at the Houghton Library
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Biographical Note
Leo Kerz was born in Berlin, Germany, where he began his career as a stage designer. He escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, living in the Netherlands, in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, before immigrating to the US in 1941, where he became an acclaimed scenic and lighting designer on Broadway. He was married to Louise Kerz, who later married Al Hirschfeld in 1996.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection consists of typescripts (copies) of stage plays in English translation by Bert Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Eugene Ionesco, Georg Kaiser, Leonard Lesley, and Martin Walser, translated and/or adapted by Leo Kerz. Also included here are postcards showing stage designs by Leo Kerz.
Separated Material
Three original watercolors of stage designs removed to the LBI Art and Objects Collection.
Audio/Visual materials were removed to the LBI A/V Collection.
Subject
- Kerz, Leo (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Leo Kerz Collection (1912-1976) 1959-1970 AR 25445
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Yakov Illich Sklar
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- funding made possible by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Revision Statements
- January 18, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
