Albert Frank (playwright)

Albert Frank (* 1959 in Vienna ) is an Austrian playwright , actor and director .

Life

Albert Frank studied theater studies and art history. He worked as an actor in the ensemble of the Ingolstadt Theater , the Badische Landesbühne in Bruchsal, the Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen and the Staatstheater Braunschweig . Since 1997 he has worked as a freelance actor and director, u. a. at the Kleist Theater in Frankfurt (Oder) , at the Altmark Theater in Stendal, at the Schwerin State Theater and at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam .

In Frankfurt / Oder he staged the performances and world premieres of his comedies “Fast Faust” (1999) and “The President” (2001), and in Berlin the play “Meal! A cultural history of food. "(2001)

In 2008, Albert Frank developed a Berlin city guide for the visually impaired , which is available online free of charge . He lives with his family in Berlin.

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Frank's pieces are often characterized by an absurd sense of humor. In the comedy The President z. B., who plays in a German police station, the Commissioner Ullrich sets out on the trail of genetically manipulated bananas, while her colleague who suffers from a deaf phobia is confronted with a blackmailer, the "President", who has the resignation of the national coach and the sole power to decide which players are allowed to play in the German national soccer team .

Frank's most successful play, almost Faust , which has seen over 500 performances in German-speaking countries so far, is about the three people André, Heiner and Hannah (the "Dramenterzett") who set themselves the task of putting Goethe's drama Faust on the stage. They take on the 57 roles required for this alone, and since Hannah becomes pregnant like Goethe's Gretchen, André forces Heiner to also take on the Gretchen role.

The involvement of the audience is also typical of Frank's pieces, as in the piece Mahl! , in which the audience can fill out a questionnaire, assist the chef and finally eat with them.

In 2017 his crime novel Tod vor dem Steffl was published .

Works

Plays

• fast Faust (world premiere: May 19, 2000, Schlossplatztheater Berlin-Köpenick, director: Regina Schneider)
• The President (Premiere: November 5, 1999, Kleist Theater Frankfurt / Oder, Director: Albert Frank)
• enjoy the meal! A culinary foray into the cultural history of food (premiere: April 19, 2001, Bellevue Theater Berlin, director: Albert Frank)
• Blauensteiner (no premiere yet)

Novels

• Death before Steffl. Detective novel . emons, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-7408-0174-8

Web links

• http://www.berlinfuerblinde.de - city guide for the blind developed by Albert Frank