Hansjörg Schneider (writer)

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Hansjörg Schneider (2000)

Hansjörg Schneider (born December 20, 1925 in Reitzendorf ; † June 17, 2011 in Berlin ) was a theater scholar and theater historian, founder of the small theater in Berlin-Mitte and a writer .

Life

Hansjörg Schneider was the son of a teacher, he attended the elementary school in Reitzendorf and from 1936 the Freiherrlich von Fletcher high school in Dresden . He also took acting lessons from 1942 with Erich Ponto , which he continued after his service as a soldier (1943–1945). From 1947 he worked at various theaters in the Soviet Zone / GDR as an actor, dramaturge, director and director.

From 1956 to 1960 he studied German and theater studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin . Schneider then worked as senior director and from 1963 to 1967 as press officer and advertising manager at the Komische Oper Berlin (artistic director Walter Felsenstein ). From 1968 to 1990 he was a research associate of the Academy of Arts of the GDR and in 1977 with a thesis exile theater in Czechoslovakia Dr. phil. PhD.

In 1968 he founded the Small Theater Berlin-Mitte with his wife Siggi Brennemann .

Schneider's numerous publications concern the subjects of “Exile Theater 1933–1945”, the Sudeten German theaters in Bohemia and Moravia and the Dresden theaters in the 20th century. From his retirement in 1990 he worked with the "Walter-A-Berendsohn Research Center for German Exile Literature" at the University of Hamburg , which was established in 1999 at KG Saur , Munich, with the support of the German Research Foundation and the P. Walter Jacob Foundation two-volume “Handbuch des deutschsprachigen Exiltheater 1933–1945” published.

In July 2007 Schneider handed over his collection on theater history to the Dresden City Archives .

Works

  • Theater in exile in Czechoslovakia 1933–1938 . Henschel, Berlin 1979.
  • Pieces from exile . Henschel, Berlin 1984.
  • Hope between ruins, Dresden theater after 1945 . Hellerau-Verlag, Dresden 1999, ISBN 3-910184-66-9 .
  • Erich Ponto . Henschel, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89487-364-7 .
  • Dresden Theater 1933–1945. Play was pleasure and play was danger . Henschel, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89487-456-2 .
  • Between Triebenberg and Meixmühle (childhood memories). 1st edition 2006, Berlin (all rights with the author).
  • Time is out of joint . Dresden's drama in the twenties. Verlag- und Publizistikhaus, Dresden 2007, ISBN 3-9810690-2-1 .
  • My bohemian corner (memories of a project) . Edition Schwarzdruck, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-935194-20-4 .
  • Das Kleine Theater Berlin Mitte . (A reading and picture book for the 40th anniversary, all rights with the author), Berlin 2008.
  • The time after (contributions to post-war theater in Dresden and the surrounding area). All rights with the authors, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-935194-24-2 .
  • Autor et al .: Exile in Czechoslovakia . Volume 5 of the 7-volume series Art and Literature in Anti-Fascist Exile 1933–45 . Philipp Reclam, Leipzig 1980 (1981 Röderberg-Verlag, Ffm), ISBN 3-379-00229-1 .
  • Author et al .: 50 years of the Dresden State Operetta . Weimar, 1997.
  • Autor et al .: ... and always played. 50 years of Theater Junge Generation Dresden . Dresden, 1999
  • Author et al .: Dresden curiosities, memorable and memorable stories from the 20th century Dresden, 2000, ISBN 3-9806990-0-5 .
  • Autor et al .: German-language theater in Prague. Meeting of languages ​​and cultures . Prague, 2001.
  • (Ed.): Joker - vogelfrei, Finck, Werner . Ullstein Frankfurt / M., 1993, ISBN 3-548-22923-9 .
  • (Ed.): Dramen, Bruckner, Ferdinand . Böhlau, Vienna 1990, - ISBN 3-205-05274-9 .
  • (Ed.): Ödön von Horvath, selected works (volume I pieces; volume II prose) . People and World, Berlin 1981.
  • (Ed. With Dora Huhn): Ödön von Horvath, dramas . People and World, Berlin 1969.
  • (Ed. With Frithjof Trapp, Werner Mittenzwei, Henning Rischbieter): Handbuch des Deutschen Exiltheater 1933–45 . Vol. 1 and 2, KG Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11373-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Expert in exile theater - theater historian and writer Hansjörg Schneider has died. In: nachtkritik.de. July 2, 2011, accessed August 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Dresden Latest News from July 16, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Hansjörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Reitzendorf
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 2011
Place of death Berlin