Demons of the Soul (Karl May)
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| Title: | Demons of the soul. Life and striving of Carl Friedrich May |
| Genus: | collage |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Georg in the middle |
| Literary source: | Texts by Karl May |
| Publishing year: | 2003 |
| Premiere: | October 17, 2003 |
| Place of premiere: | Plauen-Zwickau Theater |
| Director of the premiere | Curt Werner |
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Demons of the soul. Life and Striving of Carl Friedrich May is a scenic collage in three acts by Curt Werner, based on an idea by Georg Mittendrein .
performance
The piece was performed at the 17th Congress of the Karl May Society in Plauen in 2003 .
The desk and desk chair were on loan from the Karl May Museum in Radebeul.
Assessments
"It is to be hoped that the performance of the staged collage 'Demons of the Soul' by Curt Werner, written especially for the congress and received with great applause, will not remain a one-off, but will be adopted by other stages."
“One item on the program on Friday, October 17th, deserves special consideration, the public and free festival performance by the Plauen-Zwickau Theater with the darkly threatening title 'Demons of the Soul'. Perhaps you will learn the prehistory of the whole thing elsewhere, here and now a scenic collage was offered, which aroused friendly attention in the hall and at the end a violent, honestly appreciative applause. Ten actors read the text by Curt Werner, who condensed the life of our Karl May into one and a half hours, according to an arrangement by Carolin Eschenbrenner, three children also took part; there were background slides, music and noise playback, with three bars of music by Martin Böttcher sounding on the cue of Winnetou , causing a particular hilarity. The lighting design, which indicated a change of scene in each case, was remarkable. "
“With the title 'Demons of the Soul' as a staged collage in three acts, nobody could really do anything before the performance. It was a reflection of May's life and striving , always on the basis of May's self-testimonies, e.g. B. Excerpts from letters, poems or on the basis of contemporary witnesses such as Münchmeyer or Bertha von Suttner . The actors alternately slipped into the role they were reading, and then dropped each page of the manuscript to the floor. In the end there was May's death and a floor full of manuscript pages - a life and pursuit. "
source
Entry in the Karl May Wiki
literature
Engelbert Botschen (Ed.): KMG-Nachrichten No. 138 / December 2003 ( online version )