Hermann Demel

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Hermann Demel, Bad Ischl, 1968

Hermann Demel (born April 30, 1897 in Bad Ischl , † November 17, 1986 , pseudonym: Hermann Demel-Freischmied ) was an Austrian folk dramatist and theater publisher.

Life

Hermann Demel was a trained locksmith and electrician and worked for the railroad from 1922 to 1950. He was involved in the electrification of the Salzkammergut Railway and in the reconstruction of the bombed Attnang-Puchheim station .

In addition to his job and in his pension, Hermann Demel was a theater director , writer and journalist . He wrote and directed primarily for the Ebensee workers' stage (until 1938) and for the Bad Ischl folk play group (from 1945). He was the author and reporter of the Salzkammergut newspaper (Gmunden). He wrote 48 folk plays (mainly in the Austrian-Bavarian dialect), as well as radio plays and short plays. His first play ( Wahn und Liebe ) is from 1924, his last play ( Resurrection ) from 1970. He also edited 21 plays by other authors (including Johann Felix, Vinzenz Komposch and Franz Streicher). Hermann Demel founded a theater publisher for folk plays in Bad Ischl in 1958 , his commitment was to folk , amateur and amateur theater . In 1961 he co-founded the International Society - The Operetta (today Lehár Festival Bad Ischl ).

Hermann Demel was married twice and had two sons from the first marriage.

Awards

Works

Stage manuscripts (selection)

  • Resurrection (Osterspiel, premiere 1972 in Schlierbach)
  • The arsonist (premiere 1936 in Ebensee)
  • The Burning Liab (Premiere 1947 in Vöcklabruck)
  • End of the line home (premiere 1951 in Salzburg)
  • Der fierige Elias (Volksoperette, co-author: Maximilian Gottwald, music: Rudi Gfaller , premiere 1963 in Bad Ischl, 1963 and 1966 on ORF television)
  • Der Geist von Sumsenbach or Die Kulturbremser (new version, premiere 1950 in Bad Ischl and Bad Aussee)
  • The Stolen Bride (first documented performance in Obertrixen in 1962)
  • The pattern dirndl (premiered in 1933 in Bad Aussee)
  • The new landlord (premiered in Ebensee in 1938)
  • Politics in waltz time or Virginia and the Kaiser (musical, music: Eugen Brixel , premiere concert in 1969 in Bad Ischl)
  • The beautiful Almerin (premiere 1936 in Ebensee)
  • Schürzenjäger (first documented performance in Steyregg in 1947)
  • Der Stern (Christmas play, premiere 1959 in Bad Ischl)
  • Die Teufelsdirn (first recorded performance in Gmunden in 1942), revised by Toni Bichler (premiered in 1981 in Sistrans)
  • The engagement divan (premiere 1968 in Aurolzmünster)

Three pieces are published by the Austrian stage publisher Kaiser & Co., Vienna. For all other pieces the performance and exploitation rights are held by the theater and architecture association "Bespielte Bretter", Bad Ischl.

Books / writings

  • Happy Salzkammergut. Funny and contemplative stories from the valley of the Traun. European publisher, Vienna 1956.
  • Farmer, give us bread. A game. Series of games by the Austrian Catholic Youth, Volume 32. Fährmann-Verlag, Vienna 1954.
  • Railways in the Salzkammergut. In: Bad Ischl. Heimatbuch 2004. Rudolf-Wimmer-Verlag, Bad Ischl 2004, pp. 413-420.

literature

  • Uwe Baur, Karin Gradwohl-Schlacher: Demel Hermann. In: Literature in Austria 1938–1945. Handbook of a literary system, volume 3: Upper Austria , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2014, pp. 167–172, ISBN 978-3-205-79508-7 .
  • Martin Demel: The writer and theater publisher, director and stage consultant Hermann Demel (1897–1986). A basic contribution to folk plays and amateur theater in the 1920–80s in the Salzkammergut. Diploma thesis, University of Innsbruck 2006.
  • Peter Mertz: Where the fathers ruled. Volkstheater - not only in Tyrol. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Graz 1985.
  • Reinhard Müller: Demel, Hermann. In: German Literature Lexicon - the 20th Century. Volume 6, De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, Sp. 57–58, ISBN 3-908255-06-6 ( digitized version )

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personal data
SURNAME Demel, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Demel-Freischmied, Hermann (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folk dramatist and theater publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Ischl
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1986
Place of death Bad Ischl