Klaus Schlette

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Klaus Schlette (born January 19, 1928 in Chemnitz , † February 17, 1996 in Landshut ) was a German theater director , actor , set designer and theater manager .

Live and act

From 1951 Schlette studied theater studies , art history and German in Mainz and Frankfurt am Main . During his studies, he directed the studio stages at both universities.

From 1959 to 1970 he was director of the Franconian-Swabian city theater in Dinkelsbühl , where he worked as both actor and director. With his young ensemble he staged numerous classics, Troilus and Cressida were particularly successful . He also made a guest appearance in Munich .

In 1970 he became director of the Southeast Bavarian City Theater in Landshut-Passau-Straubing , which he directed until 1996. In a short time he helped the provincial theater to gain national reputation. He staged, partly in his own set design, among others Urfaust (1971), Cyrano de Bergerac (1971/72), King Oedipus (1971/72), Die Dreigroschenoper (1972), Der Jude von Malta (1972), Woyzeck (1972) ), Dantons Tod (1975), Anouilhs Becket oder die Ehre Gottes (1973), The Good Man of Sezuan (1974), Maß für Maß (1974), Hamlet (1978), The Storm (1986), Das Käthchen von Heilbronn ( 1980) and Enzensberger's The Fall of the Titanic (1989)

The theater critic Benjamin Henrichs commented in an article published on June 20, 1980 in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit that people play in Landshut as if the fashions of theatrical art were none of your business: “Landshut is still an oasis - to preserve it, of course, has to Hard work has to be done. "

Schlette wrote translations and children's plays.

literature

  • Theater lexicon. Authors, directors, actors, dramaturges, stage designers, critics. Edited by C. Bernd Sucher . By Christine Dössel and Marietta Piepenbrock with the assistance of Jean-Claude Kuner and C. Bernd Sucher. Completely revised and expanded 2nd edition September 1999. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, ISBN 3-423-03322-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Die Zeit: Käthchen in Landshut: cheerful

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personal data
SURNAME Schlette, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater director, set designer, actor and theater manager
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1996
Place of death Landshut