Günther Penzoldt

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Günther Penzoldt (born July 31, 1923 in Munich ; † January 6, 1997 there ) was a German dramaturge , theater director and theater director.

Life

Günther Penzoldt was born in 1923 as the son of the writer and artist Ernst Penzoldt and his wife Friederike. After studying and doing his doctorate in Munich, he was dramaturge under Gustaf Gründgens at the Städtische Bühnen Düsseldorf from 1952 . In 1955 he became chief dramaturge at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. In 1968 he was appointed artistic director of the Baden-Baden Municipal Theater . From 1976 to 1980 Penzoldt was director of the Saarland State Theater . In 1982 he became director of the Wolfsburg Theater , where he worked until his retirement in 1991.

Works

  • The theater criticism of the Biedermeier . Dissertation, Munich 1951
  • Max and Moritz: A piece for children and bush lovers . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1967
  • Georg Büchner . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1976

Plays

  • Braid off . Comedy with music, based on Karl Gutzkow
  • The Woyzeck case: Scenes from the court files, Hartmann & Stauffacher Verlag, 1971

Translations

  • Jean-Claude van Itallie: America hurray . Gustav Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH, Berlin 1975

literature

  • Sovereign - but treated disdainfully. Memories of the former Saarbrücken theater manager Günther Penzoldt . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , January 11, 1997

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personal data
SURNAME Penzoldt, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dramaturge, theater director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1997
Place of death Munich