Irmgard Lange

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Irmgard Lange (born November 30, 1941 in Posen ; † May 8, 2014 in Berlin ) was a German actress and director .

Life

She spent her childhood in Dessau . After studying acting at the German National Theater in Weimar , she worked as an actress for ten years. At the same time, the first directorial work was sporadic.

The early years as a director were shaped by Dario Fo , Peter Hacks , Volker Braun , Alfonso Sastre . Then Irmgard Lange dealt intensively with the Russian avant-garde after 1917: Platonov , Bulgakow , Evgeni Schwarz . These included eight German-language premieres and four productions were invited to the Berlin Theatertage (East). This was followed by work with Shakespeare's “classics” with Romeo and Juliet , Was ihr wollt , Hamlet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , Goethe's Clavigo , Kleist's Amphytryon , Chekhov's Three Sisters and Horváth's Stories from the Vienna Woods .

From 1970 to 1987 she directed at the theater in Karl-Marx-Stadt and then for twelve years at the Dresden State Theater . There were also guest productions in Munich, St. Gallen and Bern. Her production at the Dresden State Theater of Faith, Love and Hope by Horváth was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen in 1995 . From 2001 to 2004 Irmgard Lange was senior director of drama at the Mainz State Theater . In her final years she staged at the Staatsschauspiel Stuttgart , the Lucerne Theater and the Theater Baden-Baden .

In addition to her directorial work, she regularly taught acting students as a lecturer at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig and, most recently, at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin .

Irmgard Lange, mother of actress Katherina Lange , died in Berlin at the age of 72 after a brief, serious illness.

Productions (selection)

  • Julie Schrader Genoveva or The White Hirschkuh 1988, (Small Stage The Egg in Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin )
  • Frederico Garcîa Lorca Bernarda Albas Haus 1999, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
  • William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew 2001, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
  • Friedrich Schiller Maria Stuart 2002, State Theater Mainz
  • Heinrich von Kleist Das Käthchen von Heilbronn 2002, Staatstheater Mainz
  • William Shakespeare Der Sturm 2003, Staatstheater Mainz
  • William Shakespeare What you want 2003, Staatstheater Mainz
  • George Tabori Goldberg Variations 2003, Stadttheater Bern
  • Bertolt Brecht The good person from Sezuan 2004, Staatstheater Mainz
  • Anton Chekhov Die Möwe 2004, Stadttheater Bern
  • Euripides Medea 2005, State Theater Mainz
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Nathan der Weise 2005, Staatstheater Mainz
  • Bertolt Brecht Threepenny Opera 2006, State Theater Mainz
  • Yasmina Reza The God of Carnage 2007, Staatstheater Stuttgart
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Minna von Barnhelm 2008, Theater Baden-Baden
  • Sophocles Antigone 2009, Theater Baden-Baden
  • Bernhard The power of habit 2011, Theater Baden-Baden
  • Brecht The good person of Sezuan 2011, Theater Baden-Baden
  • Feydeau Flea in the Ear 2012, Theater Baden-Baden
  • Büchner Danton's death in 2014, Theater Baden-Baden

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Director Lange ( Memento from April 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Lucerne Theater - Medea ( Memento from June 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Director Irmgard Lange has died - one leftover , including a photo of Irmgard Lange online on May 9, 2014 in Nachtkritik.de
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Irmgard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2014
Place of death Berlin