Claude Prin

Claude Prin (* 1932 ) is a French writer .

Life

Claude Prin studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the LMU Munich . He worked as a teacher for 10 years before becoming a freelance writer.

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Claude Prin has written plays and radio plays. His work is particularly shaped by the engagement with historical personalities in politics ( Gaius Julius Caesar , Antoine de Saint-Just , Heinrich Himmler , Magda Goebbels , Lenin , Josef Stalin , Leon Trotsky ) and art ( Heinrich von Kleist , Alban Berg ). Prin prefers to use the open form of monologic-static running texts, the dramatic content of which is usually only revealed during rehearsals.
Most of the German translations of Claude Prins' pieces are by Bernd Schirmer .

Pieces

• Amour, émoi
• H
• Potjemkine 68
• Triangles
• Cérémonial pour un combat (1971)
• Erzebeth (1983)
• Cesars (1986)
• Tohu Bohu (1987)
• Saint-Just et l'invisible (1989)
• Tragédies (1990)
• Stravaganza / Partition Léonard (2005)
• passion minerve (2006)
• Magda (2009)

Theoretical texts

• Matériaux pour un Theater de la Tragedy (2004)

Performances

• 2002: Stravaganza , world premiere at the Théatre du Rond-Point , Paris
• September 27, 2008: Magda , German-language premiere at the Ulm Theater , director: Andreas von Studnitz

broadcasts

• 1991: Tragedies , first broadcast by NDR / Sachsenradio

Awards

• 2004: Prix ​​Radio of the Societé des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques

Web links

• Short portrait of the author at Henschel Schauspiel
• Accompanying materials for the German-language premiere of “Magda” at the Ulm Theater (pdf; 1.0 MB) Theoretical statements by the author on “Magda” and on tragedy in general