Alexander Weigel

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Alexander Weigel (born December 30, 1935 in Zwickau ; died January 13, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German dramaturge , author and editor .

Life

He attended primary school in Döbeln (Saxony) from 1942–1950, and secondary school from 1950–1954, from which he completed his Abitur in Karl-Marx-Stadt . 1954–1958 he studied history at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig a . a. with the historian Walter Bartel , he was also a guest student with Ernst Bloch and Hans Mayer .

He was a member of the university's student theater from 1954 to 1958 and worked here for the first time with the German studies specialist and later director Adolf Dresen . 1958–1960 he was assistant director and dramaturge at the Volkstheater Rostock , 1959 also at the Rügen Festival ( Störtebeker Festival ) in Ralswiek . 1960–1963 he was dramaturge at Theater Greifswald and 1963/64 editor of the magazine Theater der Zeit Berlin.

1964–2001 he was dramaturge at the Deutsches Theater Berlin; 1965–1975 dramaturge for director Adolf Dresen (including Goethe's “Faust 1”, 1968, Isaak Babel's “Maria”, 1970, O'Casey's “Juno and the Peacock”, 1972, and Kleist's “Prince Friedrich von Homburg / Der zerbrochne Krug “, 1975); 1986–1992 Dramaturge for Heiner Müller's productions at the Deutsches Theater: “Der Lohndrücker” (1988), “Hamlet / Machine ( Hamlet Machine )” (1990), “Mauser” (1991). At the Deutsches Theater he also worked with the directors Jürgen Gosch (1993–1997) and Matthias Langhoff (1999).

1985–1992 he re-edited the pages of the Deutsches Theater founded in 1911 by Max Reinhardt . He staged numerous matinees, including the series Theater Expressionismus Berlin with Walter Hasenclever : The Son, Reinhard Goering : Sea Battle, Ernst Toller : The Change, Georg Kaiser : Gas (1987) and Matinees on Alexander Granach (1988); Wolfgang Langhoff ( The Case “The Worries and Power” (1962/63) Peter Hacks ) (1991); Carl Sternheim (1992); Max Reinhardt (1993); Otto Brahm (1995). He worked on several exhibitions in the Deutsches Theater: Alexander Granach (1989); Carl Sternheim (1992); Max Reinhardt (1993); Albert Lortzing and the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische Theater (2001).

Alexander Weigel has been a freelance author, editor and lecturer since 2001. He was married to the actress and poet Blanche Kommerell .

Filmography

Publications (selection)

  • The archeology of the mole. Heiner Müller and the German Theater. In: Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Ed.): Heiner Müller (= text + review. Issue 73). 2nd edition, new version. Edition Text and Criticism, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-88377-540-1 , pp. 155–178.
  • The German Theater. A story in pictures. Propylaea, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-549-05705-9 .
  • Heinrich von Kleist's imaginary theater. Reflections of contemporary theater in the narrated dialogue “About the Marionette Theater”. In: Contributions to Kleist research. Vol. 14, 2000, ISSN  0232-7112 , pp. 21-114.
  • "Wait ten years and you will not hug me without pride". Some other thoughts on Kleist's trip to Würzburg. In: Contributions to Kleist research. Vol. 15, 2001, pp. 69-98.
  • Siegfried Jacobsohn : Collected writings 1900–1926 (= publications of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, Darmstadt. Vol. 85). Edited and commented by Gunther Nickel and Alexander Weigel. 5 volumes. Wallstein, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89244-672-5 .
  • "Irrelevant remarks". Strategies of Kleist in the struggle for the national theater in the "Berliner Abendblätter" 1810. In: Kleist-Jahrbuch. 2007, ISSN  0722-8899 .
  • Holthoff or the order in Berlin or Kleist's shadow. In: Heilbronner Kleist sheets . Vol. 20, 2008, ZDB -ID 2423803-X , pp. 136-162.
  • Heinrich von Kleist's imaginary theater. Lectures, theater texts, essays . Kleist Archive Sembdner , Heilbronn 2015. 296 pages. Series "Heilbronner Kleist Studies", Volume 13. ISBN 978-3-940494-73-3

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ "The memory of the German theater" Dramaturg Alexander Weigel dies , nachtkritik.de of January 19, 2020, accessed January 20, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Weigel, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge, author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2020
Place of death Berlin