Elifius Paffrath

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Elifius Paffrath (* 1942 ; † August 2016 ) was a German theater scholar , playwright and radio play author in the GDR .

Life

Elifius Paffrath, born in 1942, studied theater studies from 1964 to 1968 at the "Hans Otto" theater school in Leipzig. His diploma thesis was Brecht's Dramatic Works 1926–1930 as stages on the way to an adequate reflection of the social causal nexus in drama . Afterwards he worked for the Landestheater Halle ("Theater of Peace") and finally he became senior director in Eisleben. He devoted himself increasingly to radio plays and worked in this segment as an author and above all as a dramaturge . From 1976 to 1978 he attended the Institute for Literature “Johannes R. Becher” in Leipzig . Until 1980 he was a research assistant at the Brecht Center in the GDR . He then worked as a freelance playwright and radio play author for television and radio in the GDR . On various occasions he also designed scenarios together with Peter Biele . His best-known piece is the Teufelskarl , about which Ingeborg Pietzsch wrote that it was "without a doubt the most important fairy tale since Eugen Eschner's 'Undine'".

Paffrath was a member of the Berlin Writers' Association and in 1987 took over a secretary position in the Departmental Party Organization (APO) III.

After the fall of the Wall he only appeared with two more radio plays. Later he was responsible for two episodes of the telenovela Rote Rosen .

Elifius Paffrath died in August 2016 at the age of 74.

Works

Books

  • Devil charl. Fairy tale. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin [1984]. (Premiere May 4, 1985, Theater der Freunde, Berlin, director: Joachim Siebenschuh)
  • So don't scold my song, it's poor. Poems, ballads and songs. Edition Winterwork, Borsdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-943048-22-3 .
  • Fairy tale radio plays. Edition Winterwork, Borsdorf 2012, ISBN 978-3-86468-202-5 .

Essays / Articles

  • Students in the GST camp. In: Theater der Zeit , 22nd year, issue 21/1967, 16. – 30. November, p. III.
  • People came. A January visit to the Brecht-Weigel-Haus Buckow. In: Notate , Brecht-Zentrum der DDR (ed.), 1st year, issue 1/1978, p. 6 f.
  • “Who was fun for the rest of the world?” Peter Biele, death in costume. A comedian's story. In: New German Literature. Journal for German-Language Literature and Criticism , 27th year, issue 6/1979, pp. 161–165.
  • with Karl-Claus Hahn: Five difficulties in dealing with Brecht. International Brecht Days 1980: Problems of Brecht Reception in Young Nation States. A résumé. In: Theater der Zeit , 35th year, issue 6/1980, pp. 29–31.

Editing

  • Brecht 78th Brecht Dialogue 1978 Art and Politics February 10-15. Documentation. (= Series of publications by the Brecht Center of the GDR ; Volume 1). Edited by Werner Hecht, Karl-Claus Hahn and Elifius Paffrath. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1979.
  • Brecht 80. Brecht in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Documentation (= series of publications by the Brecht Center of the GDR ; Volume 2). Edited by Werner Hecht, Karl-Claus Hahn and Elifius Paffrath. Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1980.

Revues

  • Kick-off or women on the ball , Thomas-Müntzer-Theater Eisleben, premiere May 7, 1971. (Texts and direction by Elifius Paffrath.)

Radio plays / features

  • Conversations with a contemporary. A feature cycle in seven episodes. Director: Albrecht Surkau , speaker: Hilmar Thate , Rundfunk der DDR, 1970 (co-author of Peter Biele ).
  • Accountability (audio scene within: Stories of Comrades. Part 2: Between the Lines ), Rundfunk der DDR, 1973 (author of the audio scene and staging of the entire program together with Detlef Kurzweg ).
  • Irene Richter, shift supervisor at the VEB artificial silk factory "Siegfried Rädel" in Pirna. Broadcasting of the GDR, 1976 (co-author of Peter Biele and dramaturge).
  • No case for Mister H. or The White Lady , Rundfunk der DDR, 1976.
  • A mild evening in Santiago , GDR radio, 1976.
  • Jonny, come back soon , GDR Radio, 1978.
  • Märchen vom Teufelskarl (Part 1: The Soldier and the King) , Rundfunk der DDR, 1981.
  • Märchen vom Teufelskarl (Part 2: The Princess in Hell) , GDR Broadcasting Corporation, 1981.
  • Kidnapper , Broadcasting of the GDR, 1981.
  • Märchen vom Teufelskarl (Part 3: The Golden Kingdom) , Broadcasting of the GDR, 1982.
  • Spin, spin, girl! , Broadcasting of the GDR, 1984 (author and director).
  • The Princess and the Spielmann , Broadcasting of the GDR, 1986.
  • Mascha, Dasha und der Bär , Rundfunk der DDR, 1986 (editor of the Russian folk text and director).
  • Legend of a hero (part 1: In the thunderstorm) , Rundfunk der DDR, 1987 (author and director).
  • Legend of a Hero (Part 2: On the Line) , Rundfunk der DDR, 1987 (author and director).
  • The old hedgehog and the new year , Rundfunk der DDR, 1987 (editor of the Peter Hack play).
  • The witch hunter , Deutschlandsender Kultur 1992.
  • The house where stories live , Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg 1993 (author and director).

As well as director and dramaturge of other radio plays for the radio of the GDR.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b F.-B. Habel: Nekrologe 2016. In: das-blaettchen.de. Wolfgang Schwarz, December 19, 2016, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Elifius Paffrath. In: theaterderzeit.de. 1985, accessed May 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Dieter Krebs: Out of responsibility for our cause. Conversation with Elifius Paffrath, the newly elected secretary of APO III of the Berlin Writers' Association . In: Berliner Zeitung . March 26, 1987.
  4. ^ Ingeborg Pietzsch: Offers. Deals? “Teufelskarl” by Elifius Paffrath and “Icke bin noch icke” at the Theater der Freunds Berlin . In: Theater of Time . July 1985, p. 10 f .
  5. ↑ Elifius Paffrath in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Paffrath, Elifius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater scholar, playwright and radio play author
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
DATE OF DEATH August 2016