Gosta Knothe

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Gösta Knothe (born September 16, 1948 in Görlitz ) is a German director , actor , university professor and author .

Life

Gösta Knothe grew up as the oldest of four siblings in Görlitz. He had his first contact with the theater as a child actor at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater in Görlitz. After graduating from high school in 1967 in his hometown, he successfully applied to study at the State Drama School in Berlin (later the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts ), but first had to do his basic military service with the NVA. From 1969 to 1972 he completed his acting studies under Prof. Rudolf Penka, during his studies he participated in Goethe's "Faust I" at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , directed by Adolf Dresen and Wolfgang Heinz .

His first engagement as an actor took him to Zittau for three seasons in 1972 . In 1975 he moved to the Friedrich-Wolf-Theater in Neustrelitz . There he also worked as an assistant director and took on his first directorial duties. After political debates surrounding the removal of the production of "Marcus Aurelius or a semester tenderness" of Werner Heiduczek and the banning of the premiere "The Shoemaker and the rooster" by Armin Stolper 1981 continued employment at was Friedrich Wolf Theater Neustrelitz by the Stasi prevented .

The subsequent freelance work as an actor led to guest performances in Annaberg-Buchholz , Anklam , Brandenburg and Schwedt , where he was involved in several productions by the director Freya Klier (including the world premiere of "The legend of happiness without end" by Ulrich Plenzdorf ) . In Berlin he worked for dubbing and television, played at the Institute for Drama Directing (bat) and for over ten years at the Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin (small stage "dasEI").

In 1985 Gösta Knothe received a teaching position for drama at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin / Rostock, and in 1986 there followed a permanent position as a university lecturer for drama. He mainly taught scene studies and was a mentor for several years of study. In January 1989 the contract was forcibly terminated after an application to leave the country had been submitted. In July 1989 he was released from the citizenship of the GDR and moved to West Berlin with his family .

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, he returned to Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast, played in the HANSA Theater in Berlin and worked for dubbing and television. In 1991 and 1992 he was engaged as an actor at the New Theater Hanover, the state capital's boulevard theater. In 1993 he appeared as a director at the Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt and at the Stralsund Theater .

In April 1994 he took over the management of the theater ensemble at the Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt (ubs), which he has been director of since then. Most of his productions were created there, some in collaboration with theaters in Szczecin.

His successful productions are often found in the repertoire for an unusually long time, for example Goethe's Faust I has been shown since 1995 and has so far been seen by around 80,000 viewers. Since 2002, the ubs have been showing both parts of the Faust tragedy on Holy Saturday in front of viewers from all over the German-speaking area.

Gösta Knothe received teaching positions at the Rostock University of Music and Theater and the Potsdam-Babelsberg University of Film and Television . In 2011 he worked with drama students from the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig to develop their summer theater production “The Three Musketeers” in the Grassi Museum .

Director

Productions (selection)

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust of the Tragedy Part One - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust of the Tragedy Part Two - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Friedrich Schiller The Robbers - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Friedrich Schiller Cabal and love - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • GE Lessing Nathan the Wise - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • William Shakespeare Comedy of Errors - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • William Shakespeare Hamlet - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • William Shakespeare The Merry Wives of Windsor - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • JB Moliere The conceited sick man - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Carlo Goldoni The servant of two masters - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Carlo Goldoni Crash in Chioggia ("Scandal on the Canal") - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Maxim Gorki Night Asylum - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Jean Anouilh Antigone - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • John Gay The Beggar Opera - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • John Gay Opera Zebracza - Opera na Zamku w. Szczecinie (State Opera Stettin)
  • Axel Plogstedt The three musketeers - HMT Leipzig
  • Coline Serreau Hase Hase - Stralsund and Greifswald Theater
  • Max Frisch Biedermann and the arsonists - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Ray Cooney Out of Control - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Ray Cooney Cash - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Ray Cooney lies have young legs - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Ray Cooney Tom, Dick and Harry - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt
  • Ray Cooney Funny Money - Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt

actor

Roles (selection)

  • Petruccio The Taming of the Shrew - Neustrelitz
  • Father Joao Grilo The Dog's Testament - Neustrelitz
  • Schuster Schuster and Hahn - Neustrelitz
  • Racine The beast of Mr. Racine - Brandenburg
  • Singers We already know that, we know that ... - Friedrichstadtpalast (the egg)
  • Julien Ventroux don't run around stark naked - Schwedt
  • Dr. Ernst Kretschmar Extended Weekend - Hanover
  • Roger Sextett - Hanover
  • Dr. Klöbner u. a. Loriot's Dramatic Works - Hanover
  • Danfort witch hunt - Schwedt
  • Mephisto Faust I - Schwedt
  • Claudius Hamlet - Schwedt
  • ABV Horkefeld Sonnenalle - Schwedt
  • Emperor Franz Joseph Weißes Röß'l - Schwedt

Radio plays

swell

  • Günther Bellmann: As a comforting horror on the ghost train - Faust . In: Berliner Morgenpost from March 6, 1995.
  • Martin Linzer: Goethe for kids . In: Theater der Zeit from May / June 1995.
  • Günther Bellmann: Faust at the dissection table . In: Berliner Morgenpost from September 28, 1998.
  • Iris Alanyali: Delighted students recognize Creon . Features section. In: Die Welt from May 4, 2001, p. 31.
  • Christoph Funke: Illusions also make history . Features section. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of May 10, 2004, p. 19.
  • Matthias Bruck: Lebensprall in a nutshell . In: Nordkurier (culture and leisure) from March 5, 2007.
  • Devilish stage magic about love, power and death . In: Märkische Oderzeitung from March 6, 2007.
  • Matthias Bruck: Faust II - a story of love and hate . In: Nordkurier (culture and leisure) from March 26, 2007.
  • Matthias Bruck: Biedermann in hell . In: Nordkurier (culture and leisure) of September 17, 2012.
  • Death in the bathtub - a summer pleasure . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung.
  • Dietrich Mühlberg: The theater as a cultural center? Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt - a lesson on how to give theaters a future .
In: Kristina Bauer-Volke, Ina Dietzsch (Hrsg.): Labor Ostdeutschland. Cultural practice in societal change . Federal Cultural Foundation, 1st edition 2003.
  • Bernd Mahl: Genius and musicality: Gösta Knothes Faust - interpretation at the Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt .
In: Faust Yearbook 2004, Francke Verlag on behalf of the International Faust Society, Knittlingen 2004. S. 213.
  • Searching for traces - life stories around 30 years of culture house and theater in Schwedt . Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt (Ed.). Schwedt 2008. p. 123.
  • And Schwedt again and again ... - Gösta Knothe .
  • Frank Lindner: Faust - an event .
In: Palmbaum eV (Ed.): Palmbaum. Literary journal from Thuringia. Year 2010/2, number 164 . quartus-Verlag, Bucha bei Jena 2010. p. 219.
  • Janna Kagener: "The Three Musketeers" by the acting students at Grassihof .
  • Hübner's Who is Who in Germany . Who is Who Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien AG, o. O, o. J.

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personal data
SURNAME Knothe, Gosta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, actor, university professor and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz