Chauve-Souris souvenir program cover

Sergei Sudeikin, cover for Nikita Balieff’s Chauve-Souris (The Bat) souvenir program. American season produced by F. Ray Comstock & Morris Gest. 1922-1923. Harvard Theatre Collection Souvenir programs, *2008T-415. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

The cover of this souvenir program depicts a small marionette stage with Chauve-Souris (Bat cabaret) impresario Nikita Balieff merrily operating two marionettes while other characters peek at their compatriots from the tiny wings. See book: p. 21
Creator(s)	Sudeikin, Sergei
Creator Role	artist
Contributor(s)	Balieff, Nikita (artistic director) Comstock, F. Ray (producer) Gest, Morris (producer)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	1922–1923
Related Section	Introduction: Hoffmann’s Prism
Keywords	cabaret framing devices puppets self-referentiality plural perspective
Content Type	souvenir program
Language	French English
Citable Link	Citable Link

Rightsholder	Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Copyright Status	in-copyright
Rights Granted	non-exclusive, one-time, world rights in all languages
Credit Line	Harvard Theatre Collection Souvenir programs, *2008T-415. Houghton Library, Harvard University
Holding Contact	Unauthorized use of this image is strictly prohibited without the prior written permission of the object and/or copyright holder. Houghton Library website: http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/

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