Title: Modern Players Records
Inclusive Dates: 1917-1970

Creators:

• Modern Players (Theater company)
• Kronshage, Ernest Hildebrand

Call Number: Local History Manuscript Collection 310

Quantity: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

The Modern Players was a theater company organized by Ernest Kronshage in 1917. It performed at the Pabst Theater under the direction of George Foster Platt of New York. The collection consists of correspondence, bills and administrative records.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-lhmc0310

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Ernest Kronshage was a local drama critic and editor associated with the Milwaukee Free Press and Wisconsin News who was an active supporter of the Milwaukee theater community, and had previously been involved with the Pabst English Stock Company in 1907. His brother, Theodore Kronshage, Jr., was a well-known lawyer closely tied to the La Follettes and the Progressive movement in Wisconsin.

The Modern Players was a theater company organized by Ernest Kronshage over the summer of 1917, which performed at the Pabst Theater under the direction of George Foster Platt of New York.

The collection consists of correspondence, bills and administrative documentation such as leases and bank statements related to the Modern Players organization. The correspondence is almost entirely directed to George Foster Platt from Ernest Kronshage but also includes messages to Platt from other individuals and businesses associated with the Modern Players. Notable people connected to the collection include Cecil B. DeMille, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Gallun, Alfred Lunt, Clarence Derwent, Lionel Atwill, Cathleen Nesbit and Whitford Kane.

The subjects are arranged alphabetically then chronologically within each folder.

Modern Players Records, 1917-1970, Collection 310. Local History Manuscript Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view Local History Manuscript Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated by Walter E. von Teschan in 1969. Materials were accessioned as a Local History manuscript.

Processing Information

Described by Alice Richards, Fieldworker, 2014. Processed by Casey Lapworth, 2019.

Box   1 Folder   1	Bank records, 1917
Box   1 Folder   2	Contracts, 1917
Box   1 Folder   3-6	Correspondence, 1917
Box   1 Folder   7	Newspaper clippings, 1970