Copyright © 2024 by Wendy Waszut-Barrett
An image from my article, A Forum for Progress, made the cover of DIE VIERTE WAND #012!
This is my sixth article for the magazine. It examines an 1897 Sosman & Landis stock scenery collection delivered to Forum Hall. Now known as The Forum, the venue is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, an area that later became known as the Black Metropolis.
The new issue is now available online:
http://www.dieviertewand.com/index.html
or
https://archive.org/details/@d4wglobal/lists/2/d4w-global
DIE VIERT WAND is bi-lingual (German and English) publication with articles about theatre submitted by authors worldwide.
I have Chris Van Goethem to thank for my introduction to Stephan Gräbener, editor of the publication. In 2017, Van Goethem shared an email Gräbener, calling for articles:
The Initiative TheaterMuseum Berlin e.V. is planning its next issue of DIE VIERTE WAND.
As usual we’re going to offer articles about all aspects from the world of the theater.
Historical or contemporary, research, science, theory or practical reports.
Whatever you might think of.
The term „theater“ is synonymous for all kinds of performing arts.
My first article, Staging the Scottish Rite: Degree Productions of Freemasonry, was published in DIE VIERTE WAND #007.
I continued to submit articles for the publication over the years:
#008 – Raising Hell on a Masonic Stage
#009 – Brown’s Special System for Scottish Rite Theaters in North America
#010 – American Scenic Art: The Immigrant Contribution
#011 – Sosman & Landis, Shaping the Landscape of American Theatre
In 2019, I was delighted to meet Gräbener in person at Stage|Set|Scene in Berlin, Germany.
Stefan Gräbener at Stage|Set|Scene. Berlin, 2019.
All back issues of DIE VIERTE WAND #001-#011 are still available via the website and the Internet Archive.
To be continued…
