Hanau Marionette Theater
The Hanau Marionette Theater is a privately run mobile marionette theater in Hanau . It was founded in 1968 by Georg and Gerlinde Richter and has been headed by Roland Richter since 2010.
history
When the Hanau Marionette Theater was founded in 1968 by Georg and Gerlinde Richter, some of the wooden figures from the initial phase had already served around 300 years of service. The Richters had been on the move as wandering marionette artists for many generations . In earlier centuries they presented their performances in the country, in the cities and at the courts of the princes. The so-called “land-traveling” puppeteers always had a parent company in which the widely scattered members of the families met again in the winter quarters.
The restrictive policy of the government in the GDR , which no longer issued new travel trade licenses to the puppeteer families, but forced them to stay with their parents' business, was the reason for many puppeteers to move to West Germany. Like Georg Richter, many puppeteers had to leave their businesses (vehicle fleet, stages and puppets) in the east when they fled to the west. Georg Richter, too, was only able to carry eight historical heads in a travel bag when he moved from East to West Berlin in 1952 and then flew on with his family to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Some of the original stock was found back through the flight of other family members, so that the Hanau Marionette Theater today has a collection of around 250 historical marionettes. After the fall of the Wall, other Richter puppets found their way to the Lübeck Theater Figure Museum, where they are now exhibited in a separate Richter wing.
After the escape, the puppeteer life came to an end for almost all members of the Richter family. It wasn't until 1968 that the old dolls' heads were refurbished and a new stage was built based on old models. For a while, playing with the puppets was only a sideline, but the quality and successful educational approach of the theater soon established itself well beyond the city limits of Hanau. From 1980 Georg and Gerlinde Richter were able to live completely from the theater again. There were guest tours in various parts of the Federal Republic of Germany. The old tradition was alive again.
How the transition from the eighth to the ninth generation was to take place became an urgent problem in the early 1990s. In contrast to previous generations, in which the children followed the rhythm of their parents' life in order to later play puppet theater themselves, the fact that the judge was based in Hanau had consequences that had initially been underestimated. The handover of the theater business was delayed from one generation to the next into the new millennium. Until 2008, when the Hanau Marionette Theater celebrated its 40th anniversary, Georg and Gerlinde Richter worked together in front of and behind the scenes. When the health of the now 85-year-old husband began to deteriorate, the now 80-year-old Gerlinde continued to run the theater with their son Roland.
For several years, Roland Richter and his wife, Dr. Jale Richter, literary and theater scholar, the ninth generation of puppet theater. After Jale Richter's separation from her husband, new priorities in the design and execution of the theater have developed. The “classical theater” has developed further during the time of the married couple's cooperative. The new pieces and concepts created at that time were given a new form by Roland Richter & daughter Katja Fiona Richter. But the guidelines of Richter's puppet play were preserved.
Concepts for schools and kindergartens
The performances of the Hanau Marionette Theater are based on the reception requirements of the audience: no rigid adherence to traditional playing techniques, but a lively design. The play, which is tailored to the age of the children, relies on the "live" spoken dialogue. After the event, the children and young people can take a look behind the scenes.
Pieces
The children's pieces of the Hanau Marionette Theater include both classic Grimm fairy tales and fairy tales written by members of the Richter family. There are also pieces for adults on the program.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hanau Marionette Theater: Georg and Gerlinde Richter. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 8, 2015 ; accessed on August 15, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Hanauer Marionettentheater: History. Retrieved August 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Hanauer Marionettentheater: Concepts for schools and kindergartens. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 8, 2015 ; accessed on August 16, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hanau Marionette Theater: Our pieces for children. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 12, 2015 ; accessed on August 15, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hanauer Marionettentheater: Our pieces for adults. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 12, 2015 ; accessed on August 15, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
