Hangover lamp (comedy)

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Scenes from the comedy Kater Lampe by Emil Rosenow from a performance at the Berlin Theater, 1903. Photo by Zander & Labisch .

Kater Lampe is an Erzgebirge dialect comedy ( folk play ) by Emil Rosenow . The piece was created around 1900, the setting is the toy industry town of Rothenthal in the Saxon Ore Mountains . The first performance took place on August 2, 1902 at the Summer Theater in Breslau .

Due to its originality and loyalty to the people, the piece is still performed today.

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A tomcat who has run up is up to mischief in a village in the Ore Mountains. Last but not least, it even leaves its mark in the fur of the toy publisher Neubert's wife. This goes too far! The cat is taken into official custody and given to the community servant Seifert. The journeyman Neumerkel of the master wood turner Schönherr, who had taken care of the cat, protests against this measure and demands his property back. The municipal servant Seifert, however, gives in to the constant insistence of his wife and the cat wanders into the frying pan. The funny thing is that the unsuspecting country gendarme Weigel and the country mailman Ulbricht and his wife take part in the feast in the belief that it is roast rabbit.

Original characters

Taken from: Dramas of German Naturalism. Pp. 466-467

  • Farmers, farm owners and community leaders
  • Mrs. Ermischer
  • Maari, maid
  • Neubert, a large toy publisher
  • Mrs. Neubert
  • Hartmann Schönherr, master wood lathe operator
  • Mrs. Schönherr
  • Gertrud, child
  • Heinerle, child
  • Fränzel, child
  • Liesel, child,
  • Neumerkel, the companion
  • Weigel, district police officer
  • Seifert, community servant
  • Mrs. Seifert
  • Ulbrich, country mailman
  • Mrs. Ulbrich
  • a number of carvers, forest workers and farmers

Backstory

In 1898, Rosenow was nominated as a working class candidate for the Reichstag in the 20th constituency of Saxony (Marienberg / Zschopau). Research showed that a certain Hartmann Schönherr, a master wood turner from Rothenthal, worked as an election assistant in Kupferhammer-Grünthal . He actually lived in the village around 1900 and was active on the electoral board. Rosenow was often his guest and learned the hangover story that had actually happened - with the participation of the characters in the play, who all lived in Rothenthal or the surrounding area and were known to Rosenow.

So also the piece figure Neumerkel, whereby this is a nickname. The real person's name was Merkel, came from Gebirgsneudorf and had an aunt in Olbernhau , but couldn't find a job as a turner there. Between Olbernhau and Rothenthal he found the tomcat and took him with him, and master turner Hartmann Schönherr, who himself kept a few cats in the house, took Merkel and the tomcat in with him.

Film adaptations

literature

  • Emil Rosenow: Hangover lamp. Comedy in four acts. Publisher G. Richter Theater u. Music publisher, 1927
  • Manfred Claus: Emil Rosenow in Rothenthal - On the trail of the folk play "Kater Lampe" and its author. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 2/1986, pp. 39–44, ISSN  0232-6078

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c cf. Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 2/1986, pp. 39–42
  2. ^ Dramas by Emil Rosenow at www.zeno.org , accessed on January 4, 2010
  3. ↑ January 2010 schedule of the “Theater Variabel”, Olbernhau , accessed on January 4, 2010
  4. ↑ Freie Presse Online : Double premiere for three young mimes - the theater group of the Neuwürschnitz Music Association showed itself to be in the best of moods over the weekend. More than 400 visitors saw "Kater Lampe", a folk play in four acts by Emil Rosenow. , accessed November 27, 2013
  5. ↑ Brief description of the content at www.drechslerei-stephani.de , accessed on January 3, 2010
  6. ↑ Dramas of German Naturalism. Edited by Roy C. Cowen, Munich 1981
  7. ↑ Film data at www.filmportal.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 3, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.filmportal.de  
  8. ^ Film data at www.kinotv.com , accessed on January 3, 2010
  9. ^ Film data at www.imdb.de , accessed on January 4, 2010

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