Babel and the Bible (Hachenburg 2005)
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| Title: | Babel and Bible |
| Genus: | Arab fantasia |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Karl May |
| Literary source: | Babel and Bible |
| Publishing year: | 2005 |
| Premiere: | June 21, 2005 |
| Place of premiere: | Sports hall of the Graf-Heinrich-Realschule Hachenburg |
| Director of the premiere | Peter Wayand |
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Babel and Bible ,Karl May'sonly completed drama (written in 1906) was premiered for the first time in its entirety on June 21, 2005 at 8 p.m. in the gym of the Graf-Heinrich-Realschule plus inHachenburg(Westerwald) by an ensemble of the 10th graduation classes. Peter Wayand, who also directed it, had the idea.
The Graf-Heinrich-Realschule plus school orchestra played under the direction of Christoph Becker and Elmar Nauroth (including the music of Dimitri Tiomkin Land Of Pharaohs in an arrangement for wind orchestra).
There is a recording of the performance.
One day before the premiere, a film team from SWR accompanied the rehearsals for a whole day. The report appeared the following week in the SWR-Landesschau (approx. 5 minutes).
content
Abu Kital, a violent man, despotic ruled his tribe, the An'allah. His teachers are Babel, an ossified scientist, the Kadi and the Imam (law and [self-righteous] belief). Under the influence of these teachers, Abu Kital rejected his beloved wife Bent'ullah and his young son years ago and considers them (deceived by his teachers) to be dead. Under their influence, he considers himself to be the spirit of the Orient; therefore he challenged Marah Durimeh, the human soul, to a game of chess with living figures. He wants to take her, his archenemy, captive on this occasion and so win the An'allah world domination and suppress occidental-Christian influences. His allies are eight sheiks from neighboring tribes, as well as the imagination and the sheik of the death caravan. The latter two, however, are (disguised) Marah Durimeh and Ben Tesalah.
When Abu Kital learns through a shadow play performed by fantasy that his wife and son are alive and that he only believed in their death through the intrigues of the Kadi and the Imam, he is so shocked that he internally distances himself from these teachers . Then his warlike plans fail and he is defeated in a duel by the sheik of the death caravan. This breaks his arrogance. However, since his opponents want peace and not his downfall, he is only forced to admit his guilt. When his wife reappears in her old beauty and he learns that the sheik of the death caravan is his son, he is ready to give up his old attitude, to free the "spirit of the Bible" , to renounce the plans for world domination and instead to Märdistan , in to go to the ghost forge of Kulub, where he is to be formed into a noble man.
The kadi and the imam want to flee, but are captured and handed over to Bent'ullah. This forgives them. Babel, realizing that his understanding of spirit and soul was completely wrong, throws his writings into the fire. Marah Durimeh agrees to show him "the earth from on high" so that he can see the perspective from which science must be carried out.
literature
- Peter Wayand: “Wash your mouth with soap from Ischnan!” Karl May's “Babel and Bible” in June in Hachenburg. In: KMG-Nachrichten No. 144/2005, p. 51.
- Michael Kunz: Premiere after 99 years. Karl May's rather unnoticed drama “Babel und Bibel” celebrated its long overdue premiere at the end of June thanks to a committed Westerwald school ensemble . In: Karl May & Co. No. 101/2005, p. 40 f.
- Dietrich Schober: "Babel and Bible". Theater performance in Hachenburg on June 21, 2005, lecture in Radebeul on June 24, 2005 . In: KMG-Nachrichten No. 145/2005, p. 27 f.
- Katharina Nickel: Real “May” performance on stage. In: Westerwälder Zeitung No. 147 of June 28, 2005, p. 20.
watch TV
- Karl May - Babel & Bible. (Report: Andreas Berg; Camera: B. Schröder-Schwenke; Editing: Platon-P. Kiriazidis) SWR Landesschau (2005)
source
- Entry in the Karl May Wiki for the premiere
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Peter_Wayand
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Abu_Kital_(Person)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Ben_Tesalah
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Bent'ullah
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Schefaka_(Babel)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Babel
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Kadi_(Babel_und_Bibel)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Imam_(Babel_und_Bibel)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Hakawati
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Vorbeter_(Babel_und_Bibel)