The lampshade
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The lampshade |
| Genus: | comedy |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Curt Goetz |
| Premiere: | January 19, 1925 |
| Place of premiere: | Kammerspiele / Deutsches Theater, Berlin |
The lampshade is the title of a comedy written by Curt Goetz in 1911 .
The title should deliberately appear arbitrary, because the piece is a non-piece, which the subtitle alludes to: "No piece in three acts".
The play was premiered on January 19, 1925 in the Berlin Kammerspiele at the Deutsches Theater .
action
The protagonist , the bon vivant Hans Karl, pretends to be writing the piece he is playing in and tries honestly not to write it. H. no act to produce. As a result, the piece appears to a large extent as a theatrical dope, which is characterized by the warm-hearted and clever humor that the audience expects from Curt Goetz. The content may seem antiquated, but it is intelligently written theater. Curt Goetz draws a cabaret painting of the manners of Wilhelmine Berlin.
Quote
“Add to that a marriage that didn't turn out to be, an engagement that broke up, a director who wasn't and then was one again, a beggar who doesn't beg and a comedian who can't laugh - like me, nothing out of it should do is a mystery to me. "
literature
- Curt Goetz: All stage works. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt , Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3421013194 .
Individual evidence
- ^ "The lampshade" at the Felix Bloch Erben publishing house , accessed on April 3, 2019