He was awarded the prestigious kleist prize in 1990. Bertolt brechts the measures taken and heiner mullers mauser. In modernity, political secrecy is something fishy. His father was a member of the social democratic party and subject to the persecutions of the nazi. Described as the theatres greatest living poet since samuel beckett, muller is often considered the most important german dramatist of the 20th century after bertolt brecht. Kontrastbeziehungen in christoph ruters filmischem heinermullerportrat.
Download citation rewriting, violence, and theater. Heiner muller 1929 1995 was a german formerly east german dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. Much has been written about bertolt brechts extraordinary influence on contemporary theater. The contemporary east german playwright heiner muller has. Bertolt brechts the measures taken and heiner mullers mauser 1. His influence on the german and continental theatre scene was immense, and in europe outside england he was one of the most. Despite being widely acknowledged as one of the most important german dramatists since bertolt brecht, heiner muller 192995 still remains relatively unknown in the englishspeaking world. Sua carreira literaria teve inicio quando o socialismo estava sendo construido na republica democratica alema, o lado leste da ja dividida alemanha. Collected here are three of his playsphiloctetes, the horatian, and mauser. Cumulatively called mauser, the pro duction included his 1970 play mauser on the.
Bertolt brecht is widely acknowledged for his contributions to the german theatre. Jonathan kalbs adaptation of mullers mauser mousecatcher, 1970 poses the. Heiner muller as the end of brechtian dramaturgy semantic scholar. Bertolt brechts the measures taken and heiner muller s mauser benton jay komins much has been written about bertolt brechts extraordinary influence on contemporary theater.
Heiner muller was a german formerly east german dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and. Written in 1977, the play is loosely based on hamlet by william shakespeare. While for centuries circumspect rulers and skilled generals practiced the art of secrecy to implement and secure. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content the compakatist rewriting, violence, and theater.
This collection of plays aims to change that, presenting new translations and opening up his work to a larger audience. Heiner muller is possibly the most significant and important germanlanguage dramatist since bertolt brecht born in 1929 in eppendorf in saxony, he moved to berlin in his early adulthood, where he lived until his death on 30 december 1995. The play originated in relation to a translation of shakespeares hamlet that muller undertook. In his plays, heiner muller uses postdramatic techniques to challenge. Jonathan kalb search for other works by this author on. Scene from mauser, compagnie scenes, venissieux 1998. Heiner muller was the greatest modern german dramatist since brecht. The short text, mauser was completed in 1970, and is largely regarded as one of heiner mullers most important works. The short text, mauser was completed in 1970, and is largely regarded as one of heiner muller s most important works.
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