Cuckoo funny

Kuckuck Lustig ( Swedish Lustig-gök ) is a story by Astrid Lindgren .

action

Gunnar and Gunilla have been sick in bed for a month. Her parents are at the end of their tether, because Gunnar and Gunilla never rest, but keep calling for them. When your children can't think of anything else, they ask their parents what the time is. The father thinks things can't go on like this and buys Gunnar and Gunilla a cuckoo clock. First Gunnar and Gunilla believe that it is a completely normal cuckoo clock with a completely normal, wooden cuckoo figure. But then they find that the cuckoo can speak and fly around the room. They are not allowed to tell the parents that the cuckoo is alive, otherwise it will never speak again, but only announce the time. From now on the cuckoo entertains the two children and they hardly ever call for their parents. In addition, the cuckoo always helps the children and tells them what is going on outside. Shortly before Christmas, Kuckuck contacts the Christmas elves to get the children Christmas presents for their families. The two of them don't find it so boring to lie in bed anymore.

background

In Sweden, the story was first published in 1949 in the Nils Karlsson-Pyssling short story collection (1952, German There are no robbers in the forest ).

The story was also released as an audio book. It was read by Manfred Steffen and was published on cassette in 1992 under the title Sonnenau and other stories . A new publication followed later on CD under the title Astrid Lindgren. Fairy tale. Harald Schmidt read the fairy tale on a training CD from the Heidelberg University Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic for the hearing impaired. In Sweden Astrid Lindgren read the story herself as an audio book.

Andreas Peer Kähler composed music for the book and other fairy tales by Astrid Lindgren. This music was performed in 2019 by the Unter den Linden chamber orchestra under the title Astrid Lindgren - Fairy Tale Concert.

Georg A. Weth (text) wrote a Singspiel from the fairy tale together with Michael Summ (music). In 1988 Georg A. Weth came into contact with Astrid Lindgren. In 1989 they met again in Stockholm. Astrid Lindgren gave Weth a book of fairy tales that also contained the story Cuckoo Funny . He was enthusiastic about the fairy tale and asked Astrid Lindgren to be allowed to dramatize it. She agreed. On August 21, 2003 Kuckuck Lustig was premiered by the Theater Deutsche Kammerschauspiele in the Globe Theater of Europa Park. Then the ensemble went to Germany, u. a. Wahlstedt, Siegen, Stuttgart, Theater Düren and on tour in Switzerland. Benita Brunnert played the title character, the cuckoo Lustig, Claudia Dusold the Gunilla, Matthias Burger the Gunnar, Michaela Egloff the mother and Mario Verkerk the father. Michael Summ composed the music for the fairy tale. The staging comes from Georg A. Weth. Annette Greve was responsible for the choreography and costumes and Gisela Richter and Joachim Brian created the stage design. A CD with the songs was also released for the Singspiel.

reception

Susanne Mierau from Geborgen-wachsen.de recommends the story parents as a reading story. The story is well suited, for example, to sick children who should stay in bed but don't want to.

The reading explorer thinks that the story is wonderfully amusing and very nice to read aloud. In addition, it is very suitable for the run-up to Christmas.

Annegret Seidel thinks the fairy tale is magical and carefree.

Published in Germany in

• There are no robbers in the forest, 1952, Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg
• Astrid Lindgren tells, 1971, Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg
• We come to you - stories from children from Sweden, 1972, Deutsches Lesewerk, Hamburg
• Fairy tale, 1978, Friedrich Oetinger publishing house, Hamburg
• Stories and fairy tales, 2007, Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ There are no robbers in the forest. .
2. ^ Astrid Lindgren (Deutsche Gramophon) .
3. ^ Astrid Lindgren. Fairy tale. .
4. ↑ Harald Schmidt reads fairy tales for the hearing impaired. .
5. ↑ Funny Gok. .
6. ^ Astrid Lindgren - fairy tale concert. .
7. ↑ TALE BY ASTRID LINDGREN IN A STAGE VERSION: The cuckoo can fly .
8. ↑ Have fun with the funny cuckoo .
9. ↑ Astrid Lindgren: Cuckoo Funny .
10. ↑ Cuckoo funny enchanted children .
11. ↑ "Funny cuckoo" flutters through Düren .
12. ↑ Cuckoo clock full of dreams .
13. ↑ World premiere in Europa-Park: "Cuckoo Funny" - A family tale by Astrid Lindgren .
14. ↑ Cuckoo Funny .
15. ↑ Bed rest - What to do if a child is supposed to stay in bed but doesn't want to. .
16. ↑ The Reading Discovery Advent Calendar. .
17. ^ Astrid Lindgren - fairy tales. .