Heinz Coubier
Heinz Coubier , actually Heinz Kuhbier , another pseudonym Henri Legendre (born May 25, 1905 in Duisburg , † August 1, 1993 in Ebenhausen near Munich ), was a German theater director and writer . He combined the entertaining with social criticism. Probably his greatest success was achieved with the witty comedy Aimée or The Common Sense of 1938, which is still performed today. Coubier was married to the Jewish-born writer Marianne Langewiesche and was at least partially banned from working during the National Socialist era.
Life
The son of an entrepreneur had studied art history and theater and literature in Munich, Berlin, Cologne and Freiburg im Breisgau and worked as a director in Berlin from 1931. In 1935 he was banned from working . In the same year he married Marianne Langewiesche . Until the end of the war he was able to work as a freelance writer; then he works again as a director.
From 1957 he lived with his wife in Ebenhausen near Munich . He wrote a lot for Bayerischer Rundfunk , but continued to publish dramas, stories and essays, for example for the monthly Merkur . For film projects he provided several templates or scripts. He also translated from English, French and Italian.
In 1975 he received the Tukan Prize of the City of Munich.
Works
- Aimée or Common Sense , Comedy, Leipzig 1938
- The ships are on fire! , Drama, Leipzig 1938
- Ivar Kreuger , Tragedy, Leipzig (Verlag Dietzmann) 1939
- Hundred Million Dollars , Comedy, Leipzig 1940 (Premiere at Schauspielhaus Bremen 1940)
- The night in San Raffaele , Roman, Munich 1940
- Pirate Comedy , Leipzig 1941
- Mohammed , Leipzig 1945
- Francisquita or Die Weltgeschichte , Munich 1946
- This is how we live , Munich 1946
- A commandant mutinies , Munich 1953
- Miss Bluebeard , Vienna 1955
- Penelope or the laurel mask , comedy, Munich 1957
- Belle-Mère or praise of the mother-in-law , Munich 1958 (under the name Henri Legendre)
- The false tsar , historical novel, Cologne 1959
- A commanding officer , drama, Weinheim / Bergstrasse 1959
- What to do with this Caesar , Munich 1983
- European city squares: Genius and history , Cologne 1985
- Song of the ravens , drama,?
- Editing
- People on the water , Berlin 1936 (published under the name Heinz Kuhbier)
- Psalter and harp , Lyrik der Christenheit, Ebenhausen near Munich 1955 (edited together with Marianne Langewiesche )
- Translations
- Jean Giraudoux : Die Gracchen , Munich 1950
- Franciscus Assisias : Blümlein from Saint Francis , Ebenhausen near Munich 1955
- Umberto Morucchio : The most beautiful day , Munich 1959
- Benn Wolfe Levy : The robbery of the belt , Munich 1960
- Christopher Logue : Antigone , Munich 1961
- Christopher Logue : The Cob and Leach case , Munich 1961
- Morris L. West : Daughter of Silence , Munich 1962
- Brigid Brophy : The Burglar , Munich 1967
- Jean Canolle : Die Florentinerin , Munich 1967
Filmography
template
- 1949: Sun shines after rain
script
- 1953: Arlette conquers Paris
Individual evidence
- ↑ The story, set in northern France in 1972, revolves around love and revolution. Stagings took place again after the war, for example in 1949 Junge Bühne Hamburg by Dietrich Haugk , in 1965 Landestheater Salzburg by Klaus Maria Brandauer . The play also survived as a television play, 1961 and musical, 2010 ( memento of the original from November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , both web pages accessed on May 5, 2011
- ^ After Koenig-Warthausen, the National Socialist authorities forbade him to stage; but through “good relationships” he finally got a writing license and was able to publish some books during the war. See Gabriele Freiin von Koenig-Warthausen: Langewiesche, Marianne. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 595 f. ( Digitized version ). At least pieces by him were still played, see the premiere of Hundred Million Dollars in 1940
- ↑ See A and B and C , all accessed on May 5, 2011
- ↑ A Polish monk takes the place of a murdered prince and brings it to the Russian tsar
- ↑ Verriss in the time 1962 , accessed on May 5, 2011. Some labels: “Critique of civilization rich in sentience”, “Hodgepodge of catchwords”, “terrifyingly boring”
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Courbier in the German National Library
- Short biography of Coubier on the pages of the Munich City Library, where the estate is also located ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- An opera after Coubier, premiered in 1970 , accessed on May 5, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coubier, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhbier, Heinz (real name); Legendre, Henri (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1993 |
| Place of death | Ebenhausen near Munich |