"Just cheeky!"
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| Title: | "Just cheeky!" |
| Genus: | Posse with singing in Drey Acten |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Johann Nestroy |
| Literary source: | London Assurance by Dion Boucicault |
| Music: | Hans Lang (1943) |
| Publishing year: | 1855 |
| Premiere: | July 2, 1943 |
| Place of premiere: | Citizens' Theater Vienna |
| Place and time of the action: | The action takes place initially in Graufalter's apartment in a large city, then on a hunting lodge, a couple of hours away by train and inhabited by forester Holzstamm, and lasts for two days |
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“Nur keck!” Is a farce with singing in three acts by Johann Nestroy . The piece was written in 1855 and was not performed during Nestroy's lifetime. It was the first work he wrote after he took over the Carltheater because of the death of Director Carl Carl .
The first performance took place on July 2, 1943 in the Vienna Citizens' Theater .
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Because of a will determination over a million, Mr. von Graufalter Anna, the young daughter of Holzstamm, and his nephew Heinrich marry the elderly Miss von Jahr in order to be allowed to inherit. The wood trunk, which is not very enthusiastic about this, tries on the one hand to convince Anna and Greufalter that this connection could only end badly, on the other hand he asks Federkleks and his wife Philippine - both also with a large age difference - to mimic an unhappy couple. In fact, the game between the couple is becoming more and more real, as Federkleks observes:
- "The catch up to me in z'geh'n d'noses, bey me fluctuates's already curios between Comödi and nature." (I. Act, 12 th Scene)
Things get complicated when Graufalter looks into Wollberger's wife Amalie and Heinrich looks into Anna. The always quick-witted impromptu - he gives himself the profession of "a social mischief, a violent cheerfulness propagator " - tries skillfully to untangle the threads. He succeeds in reconciling Federkleks and Philippine again through a simulated ghost game, convincing Miss von Jahrzahl that Heinrich is not the right person for her, and brings him together with Anna. With his cheek himself he takes the stunned Ida by surprise and thereby conquers her. Holzstamm gets right to the point when he says offhand:
- "They are a Keker saint!" (III. Act, 22 st Scene)
Factory history
The comedy L'Étourdi ou Les Contretemps (“The clumsy or the setbacks”) by Molière (1622–1673), which premiered in Lyon in 1653, must be seen as the first suggestion on the subject, as can be seen from Nestroy's notes . The main template, however, is the comedy London Assurance ("London Self-Confidence", translated by Nestroy as "London insolence") by Dion Boucicault (1820 / 1822–1890), which had its premiere on March 4, 1841 in the London Theater Royal Covent Garden , the predecessor of the Royal Opera House .
Nestroy had incorporated a somewhat mocking discussion of women's emancipation in the preliminary work, but then left it out (Amalie was initially listed as Em [a) nc [i] p [ierte] in the list of people; she received her final name in further course of work). Some ironic references to the diplomats in the then dragging peace negotiations (they began in 1855 and lasted until the Third Peace of Paris in March 1856) of the Crimean War (1853-1856) in the 2nd and 3rd act were intended for the then informed public but hardly recognizable today.
- Federkleks: “It's strange. which is all at once for a spirit, since I have come with a diplomat in contact with. " (II. Act 4 th Scene)
Although Nestroy would have had a free hand for a performance as the new theater director of the Carltheater after Carl Carl's death, the work remained unplayed and unknown into the 20th century. Until 1908 reported Otto Rommel in the Neue Freie Presse , with the sighting of Nestroy's estate if he had discovered "two fully developed, hand written by Nestroy to terms pieces" - Genius, Schuster and Marqueur and "Only bold!" . The complete text was printed in 39 morning newspapers from August 28 to October 13, 1921 (No. 20473-20519). The first performance took place in a heavily edited version only on July 2, 1943 in the Vienna Burgtheater, the music was written by Hans Lang . “Nur keck!” Was performed a total of 355 times in the 1943/1944 season.
During the preparatory work for the play, Johann Nestroy had planned the role of the feather dab for himself, for Karl Treumann the impromptu role , for Wenzel Scholz the master of Graufalter and for Alois Grois the master of Wollberger.
Nestroy's handwritten manuscript of the fair copy has survived, as well as some manuscripts for various stages of the preparatory work. The first of these, a draft table , entitled insolence , the study notes are with Familienpact overwritten, a scenario with Daring means , as is a detailed program . The development process of the work can be traced very precisely through these drafts and other change notes received. These adaptations were probably completed or rather broken off in November 1855. Further titles that Nestroy considered were (according to one concept): Amor and Hymen in the conflicts of wills, Crazy consequences of the crazy testament, Crazy crazy plans, The perky patron, love follies in all Colors, hunt in love territory, crazy people, offensive and defensive, lovers and their allies, sieges of the heart and love skirmishes.
The planned couplets and associated monologues were not carried out, only the texts for some quodlibets are available, which is why there is no contemporary score.
Later interpretations
According to W. Edgar Yates , the quotation marks placed by Nestroy himself in the title indicate that “Nur keck!” (Also written “Nur kek!” ) Was originally written by him as a recurring quote from the main character Steigreif (who was originally Keck or Kek should be called) was intended.
Otto Rommel included this work among the “actors' pieces”, which were designed to offer the actors the opportunity to show themselves in changing facial expressions and disguise. He also counts the theater stories and free of charge! , whereby Nestroy wrote such roles especially for himself and Treumann, while Scholz embodied rather static figures. He also points out that there is no local color in “Nur keck!” .
text
- Complete text on nestroy.at/nestroy-stuecke/76 (accessed on May 14, 2014)
literature
- Otto Rommel: Nestroy's works, selection in two parts, Golden Classics Library, German publishing house Bong & Co., Berlin / Leipzig / Vienna / Stuttgart 1908.
- Fritz Brukner / Otto Rommel: Johann Nestroy, Complete Works. Historical-critical complete edition, fourteenth volume, Verlag von Anton Schroll & Co., Vienna 1930.
- Helmut Ahrens : I'm not auctioning myself off to the laurel. Johann Nestroy, his life. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-7973-0389-0 ; P. 343.
- W. Edgar Yates (Ed.): Johann Nestroy; Pieces 34. In: Jürgen Hein / Johann Hüttner : Johann Nestroy, Complete Works, Historical-Critical Edition. Youth and People, Vienna / Munich 1989, ISBN 3-224-16907-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ At that time someone was called a capitalist who lived on the interest of his capital and did not pursue any employment
- ↑ Rentschreiber = accountant in the rent office, the administration of the manorial income
- ↑ Surgeon = Bader or surgeon at the time
- ↑ hantig = bair.-Austrian for 'harsh, tart', of people 'strict, resolute, unfriendly'
- ↑ Exchange Agent = exchange brokers, here as much as debt collectors
- ↑ The currency is not mentioned in the piece, what is probably meant is the guilder
- ^ W. Edgar Yates: Johann Nestroy; Pieces 34. p. 24.
- ^ W. Edgar Yates: Johann Nestroy; Pieces 34. p. 111.
- ^ At the same time the name of one of the most famous English insurance companies, founded in the 18th century
- ^ Table of contents in W. Edgar Yates: Johann Nestroy; Pieces 34. pp. 121-124.
- ^ W. Edgar Yates: Johann Nestroy; Pieces 34. p. 49.
- ↑ Neue Freie Presse of August 30, 1908, No. 15813
- ^ Review in the Neue Wiener Tagblatt on July 4, 1943, No. 182
- ↑ Manuscript collection of the Vienna library in the town hall , call number IN 33.737.
- ↑ Manuscript collection in the Vienna City Hall, call number IN 33.456.
- ↑ Manuscript collection of the Vienna library in the town hall, call number IN 33.434.
- ↑ Manuscript collection in the Vienna City Hall, call number IN 33.433.
- ↑ Manuscript collection in the Vienna City Hall, call number IN 136.994.
- ^ A b Otto Rommel: Nestroys Works, First Part , pp. LXXXII – LXXXIII; as well as footnote 2.