Günther Hansen (theater scholar)

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Günther Hansen

Günther Hansen (born May 17, 1919 , † July 22, 1968 ) was a German theater scholar .

Life

Hansen studied theater studies at the University of Cologne , among others with Carl Niessen . Hansen received his doctorate in 1961 with a dissertation on the Danish national theater in Odense . His posthumous dissertation , published only posthumously in 1984 , deals with the Commedia dell'arte in Germany. Hansen taught at the University of Cologne and worked there intensively in the theater studies collection .

His work was characterized by the intensive examination of visual sources. Hansen was appointed professor of theater studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1968 , but died before he could begin his new role.

Works

  • The development of the National Theater in Odense from a German company. A contribution to the German-Danish. Theater history. Cologne 1961.
  • The development of the National Theater in Odense from a German company. A contribution to the German-Danish. Theater history. Emsdetten (Westphalia), Lechte 1963.
  • The National Theater in Odense. A contribution to the German-Danish. Theater history. Emsdetten (Westphalia), Lechte 1963.
  • Omnia si perdas famam servare memento. The United Society of German Actors in Cologne 1771 - 1773. University of Cologne, Inst. F. Theater studies, Cologne 1964.
  • How to make conversations better! [pract. Notes on preparation and Execution]. Schrickel, Düsseldorf 1977.
  • Forms of the Commedia del'arte in Germany. Emsdetten (Westf.), Lechte 1984, ISBN 978-3-7849-1109-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Forms of the Commedia dell 'Arte in Germany / Gunther Hansen; edited by Helmut G. Asper. National Library of Australia, accessed October 2, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hansen, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1919
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1968