Paul Brann

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Paul Brann (born January 5, 1873 in Oels , † September 1955 in Oxford ) was a German puppeteer, writer and actor.

Life

In 1906 Paul Brann founded the Marionette Theater of Munich Artists . His role models were Josef Leonhard Schmid and Franz von Pocci . Brann opened his puppet theater with a performance of Pocci's play Das Eulenschloß (music: Alfred Pauer ). Brann wanted to create a total work of art with his puppet theater. In addition to historical works such as Kasperl as a portrait painter by Franz Graf von Pocci, contemporary drama such as The Brave Cassian by Arthur Schnitzler (music: Oscar Straus ), The Death of Tintagiles by Maurice Maeterlinck , Singspiele, political satires and grotesques were included in his program. Many of the pieces that Paul Brann performed with his puppet theater were aimed exclusively at an educated adult audience.

Brann worked with visual artists such as Olaf Gulbransson , Jakob Bradl , Ignatius Taschner , Julius Dietz and Ernst Stern , who were each responsible for the entire visual part of the production, for the production of his marionettes and the set design for his productions .

Paul Brann was a guest at the Vienna Art Nouveau cabaret Cabaret Fledermaus in 1908 and at the theater art exhibition in Zurich in 1914. His tours also took him to Budapest, Paris, the Netherlands and Great Britain. Paul Brann did military service in the First World War and became a prisoner of war. In 1934 Brann, who converted from Jewish to Christian in 1912 and was subjected to attacks and harassment after the Nazis came to power, emigrated to Oxford on a tour of England. With the outbreak of the Second World War, Paul Brann stopped playing.

literature

  • Michael Buhrs, Barbara Lésak, Thomas Trabitsch : Cabaret Fledermaus. A total work of art by the Wiener Werkstätte. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 3-85033-082-6 .
  • Paul Brann, Marionetten-Theater Münchner Künstler, exhibition of the puppet theater collection in the Munich City Museum, December 19, 1973 - June 30, 1974

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personal data
SURNAME Brann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German puppeteer, writer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Oils
DATE OF DEATH September 1955
Place of death Oxford