The oilprince

Der Ölprinz (spelling until 1905: Der Oelprinz ) is a story by Karl May that hewrotefor the magazine Der Gute Kamerad from August 1892 to early 1893 , in which it wasfirst publishedfrom October 1893 to September 1894 .

The story of the same name, The Oelprinz , which appeared in 1878, is not a forerunner of this famous youth story .

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There are three storylines that come together as the story progresses.

A group of German emigrants is said to be robbed by the Finders, a notorious gang. Sam Hawkens , Dick Stone and Will Parker find out about this and offer to help. They continue to lead the emigrants while the Finders are trapped at the end of the first chapter.

The rogue leader of the trek, Poller, frees the leader of the Finders. Together they meet at Forner's Rancho on Grinley, Buttler's half-brother, who wants to turn on an alleged oil well for the banker Rollins and then cheat him out of the money.

Hobble-Frank and Aunt Droll are suspicious and want to prevent that.

The villain trio sets a trap for their opponents and so the “clover leaf”, Frank and Droll as well as the emigrants from Nijoras are captured. Grindley, Buttler, Poller, the banker Rollins and his accountant ride on.

While the banker and his accountant are being brought to the oil well by Grinley and his brother, they come into the warring Indian tribes of the Nijoras and Navajos. A game of mutual capture and betrayal begins.

However, Winnetou and Old Shatterhand arrive in time to free the prisoners, save the banker, and reconcile the Indians.

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First edition

Chapter division of the journal version:

1. The cloverleaf
2. In the Mogollon Mountains
3. At the petroleum lake
4. Fair punishment

Book edition

In 1897 the story was published as a book by the Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft , Stuttgart, Berlin and Leipzig. Some changes have been made for the book edition. Until today it has not been possible to clarify whether they were carried out by the publisher Wilhelm Spemann or by Karl May. In addition to the division into twelve chapters, some other minor corrections have been made.

Chapter:

1. The Finders
2. Thwarted plans
3. Departure for Tucson
4. The raid
5. Forner's Rancho
6. In the pueblo
7. The Liberation
8. At the petroleum lake
9. The cantor emeritus pranks
10. The lost document
11. On the winter water
12. Crime and Punishment

Later editions

An edited version of the text can be found in Volume 37 of the Collected Works , Der Ölprinz .

In March 2009 a philologically secured text was published as Volume III.6 of the Historisch-Kritischen Ausgabe (HKA) in Karl May Verlag , edited by Florian Schleburg and Ruprecht Gammler. The text is based on the magazine version, since, as stated in the editorial report, May's involvement in the book editions can be practically excluded. All text versions of the book editions published during May's lifetime are listed in the editorial report. The beginning of work on the Oil Prince is tentatively predated to April 1892.

Current editions can be found in the book database of the Freundeskreis Karl May Leipzig .

Dramatizations

The Oil Prince was first performed in 1961 at the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg . Further performances took placeafter the book by Wulf Leisner :

• 1963 in Ratingen
• 1965 in Elspe
• 1970 in Bad Segeberg

Further adaptations of the novel for the stage were made (B = book; R = director):

1985 in Bad Segeberg (B: Latwesen ) 1988 in Elspe (B: Bludau ) 1991 in Rathen (B: Menschel) 1992 in Staatz (D: Robert) 1993 in Bad Segeberg (B: Muntean) 1996 in Mörschied (B: Limpinsel) 1999 in Bischofswerda (B: Hänchen)

2000 in Bad Segeberg (B: Stamp) 2000 in Gföhl (B: Millauer) 2001 in Elspe (B: Bludau) 2003 in Mörschied (B: Limpinsel) 2007 in Elspe (B: Bludau) 2007 in Gföhl (B: Millauer) 2008 in Weitensfeld (B: Pascal)

2010 in Rathen (B: Hörbe) 2011 in Bad Segeberg (B: Stamp) 2011 in Dasing (B: Görlach) 2013 in Winzendorf (D: Gortner) 2015 in Pluwig (D: Feisst)

Film adaptations

The plot of the film of the same name no longer has much to do with the book. Old Shatterhand has been replaced by Old Surehand .

Settings

• Database of the radio plays "The Oil Prince" . Radio plays karl may. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

The first audio book was published in 2006 .

literature

• Hainer Plaul: Illustrated Karl May Bibliography. With the participation of Gerhard Klußmeier . Edition Leipzig 1988. ISBN 3-361-00145-5 (or) KG Saur Munich – London – New York – Paris 1989. ISBN 3-598-07258-9
• Wolfgang Hermesmeier, Stefan Schmatz : Karl May Bibliography 1913-1945 , Karl May Verlag , Bamberg 2000, ISBN 3-7802-0157-7
• Hartmut Kühne : The Oil Prince. In: Gert Ueding (Ed.): Karl-May-Handbuch. Verlag Königshausen & Neumann Würzburg 2001, pp. 292–297. ISBN 3-8260-1813-3
• Jonas Remmert: "The color of the skin makes no difference". On the ideological content of “The Oil Prince” (Part 1) . In: Karl May & Co. No. 146, 2016.
• Jonas Remmert: “Big cultural plans”. On the ideological content of “The Oil Prince” (Part 2) . In: Karl May & Co. No. 14, 2017.

Web links

• The original text (magazine version) online on the website of the Karl May Society .

Individual evidence

Commons : Der Ölprinz (Karl May)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

1. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Finders
2. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Dick_Stone
3. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Will_Parker
4. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Poller
5. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Kleeblatt
6. ^ Karl May books: Bibliography from 1963 . Friends of Karl May Leipzig. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
7. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Ratingen_1963)
8. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Elspe_1965)
9. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Bad_Segeberg_1970)
10. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Bad_Segeberg_1985)
11. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Elspe_1988)
12. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Rathen_1991)
13. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Staatz_1992)
14. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Bad_Segeberg_1993)
15. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Mörschied_1996)
16. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Bischofswerda_1999)
17. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Bad_Segeberg_2000)
18. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Gföhl_2000)
19. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Elspe_2001)
20. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Mörschied_2003)
21. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Elspe_2007)
22. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Gföhl_2007)
23. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Weitensfeld_2008)
24. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Rathen_2010)
25. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Bad_Segeberg_2011)
26. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Dasing_2011)
27. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Winnetou_%26_der_Ölprinz_(Winzendorf_2013)
28. ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Ölprinz_(Pluwig_2015)