The Olsen gang goes crazy
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Olsen gang goes crazy |
| Genus: | comedy |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Peter Dehler |
| Publishing year: | 1997 |
| Premiere: | August 23, 1997 |
| Place of premiere: | State Theater Cottbus |
| Director of the premiere | Peter Dehler |
The Olsen Gang goes crazy is a play by Peter Dehler based on motifs from the films about the Olsen Gang by Erik Balling and Henning Bahs .
content
Numerous plot elements known from the films are combined into a new plot: After his release from prison, Egon Olsen and his two cronies Benny and Kjeld try to get to the millions of Bang-Johansen who were evaded before the tax.
premiere
The play had its premiere on August 23, 1997 under the direction of the author at the Cottbus State Theater . The film's creators, Erik Balling and Henning Bahs, as well as Kjeld actor Poul Bundgaard took part in the premiere ceremony. The production was a great success for the Cottbus theater; all performances were sold out.
The original cast consisted of:
- Egon Olsen: Thomas Harms
- Benny: Matthias Vienna
- Kjeld: Oliver Bäßler
- Yvonne: Susann Thiede
- Commissioner Jensen: Dirk Glodde
- Criminal Assistant Holm: Thorsten Merten
- Dynamite Harry: Horst Rehberg
- Victor, the stupid pig: Michael Krieg-Helbig
- Bang-Johansen: Michael Becker
Further productions
As a result of the great success, numerous other theaters in the new federal states added the piece to their program. At the Komödie Dresden, the three main roles were played by the well-known Zwinger Trio ( Tom Pauls as Egon, Jürgen Haase as Benny and Peter Kube as Kjeld), who also went on tour with this piece. In Bautzen, The Olsen Gang was on the program for fourteen years; the 133rd and final performance was given on December 29, 2012.
- July 3, 1998: Volkstheater / Theater at Rostock city harbor
- September 4, 1998: Vogtland Theater Plauen
- September 12, 1998: Theater der Altmark , Stendal
- December 5, 1998: German-Sorbian People's Theater , Bautzen
- April 30, 1999: Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
- July 9, 1999: Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
- May 19, 2000: Comedy Dresden
- June 23, 2000: Central Saxon Theater , Freiberg / Döbeln / Mittweida
- July 6, 2001: Theater Chemnitz
- March 8, 2002: Theater Altenburg-Gera
- June 18, 2005: Natural stage in Reichenau
- November 18, 2005: Theater Vorpommern , Greifswald / Stralsund / Putbus
- May 19, 2006: Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin
- October 29, 2011: Vorpommersche Landesbühne
- July 7th, 2012: Puppet Theater Magdeburg
- April 28, 2013: Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater , Annaberg-Buchholz
- November 22, 2013: Pfefferberg Theater , Berlin
- June 13, 2015: Nordharzer Städtebundtheater , Thale / Halberstadt / Quedlinburg
- September 13, 2015: Boulevard Theater Dresden
The list of productions may be incomplete, especially for the years 2000 to 2005.
literature
- Frank Eberlein , Frank-Burkhard Habel : The Olsen Gang. The big book for fans. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1996, expanded new edition 2000, ISBN 3-89602-056-0 .
- Frank Eberlein: The large lexicon of the Olsen Gang. Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-361-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Frank Eberlein: Das große Lexikon der Olsenbande , Berlin 2001, p. 97.
- ↑ Frank Eberlein: Das große Lexikon der Olsenbande , Berlin 2001, p. 95.
- ↑ A brief history of theater in Bautzen. German-Sorbian People's Theater Bautzen, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Theater: Theater Bautzen. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Theater: Komödie Dresden (Zwingertrio). Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ↑ "The Olsen Gang goes crazy ". in-chemnitz.de, August 1, 2001, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Where in Gera and the surrounding area , March 2002, p. 14.
- ↑ Theater: Naturbühne Reichenau. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Theater: Theater Vorpommern. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Vorpommersche Landesbühne. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Magdeburg puppet theater. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Eduard von Winterstein Theater Annaberg Buchholz. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ^ Pfefferberg Theater. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Nordharzer Städtebundtheater. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Dresden Boulevard Theater. Olsenbandenfanclub Germany, accessed on May 9, 2016 .