Pradler jousting games
The Pradler Ritterspiele are a traditional Austrian theater . The Innsbruck district of Pradl is considered to be her home, but today the theater mostly appears in Vienna .
history
In 1762 some farmers, students and craftsmen began to perform in the open air in the " Höttinger Au " near Innsbruck. The audience had to put up umbrellas in bad weather. Were played comedies , Bauer pieces and especially jousting .
Towards the end of the 18th century, under the direction of Franz Rauter, the games moved to the Gasthof Zum Lodronschen Hof in Pradl , where the national singer had a real theater built for the theater people, the so-called Heustadl von Pradl .
In the course of time, the Pradler became more and more popular due to their popularity and contact with the public. Even though it was amateur play, the effect was so impressive that the villain actor was sometimes beaten with umbrellas by angry spectators after the performance.
The players consciously incorporated slip-ups that the audience liked into the pieces and often enough planned slip-ups and mishaps especially for the performance. Once a visitor liked a breakdown so much that he shouted “No amol” (again) to the stage - and the actors accepted the request and repeated the scene. So the tradition arose that, at the request of the audience, entire scenes are sometimes repeated, usually with an additional gag. Especially the beheading of the villain is up to five times shown.
Over time, this stage became internationally known through tours and guest performances. In 1897 Adolf von Sonnenthal brought the Pradler to the Ronacher in Vienna . While some of the actors stayed in Tyrol and became known under the name of Alt-Innsbrucker Bauerntheater und Ritterspiele (today Innsbrucker Ritterspiele ), Max Höller, the then director of the Pradler and son-in-law of the local poet and long-time principal of the knight games, Josefine Weiß, went with them the ensemble to Vienna . Ferdinand Exl , who also belonged to the Pradlers and then founded the Exl stage , also went his own way .
In 1944, the Pradler theater was the only stage that "as one of the oldest and most primeval cultural assets" was not affected by the theater ban. From 1966 to 1996 they were based in Vienna in their own cellar theater on Biberstrasse in the 1st district of Vienna. Before that, the “Student Theater am Luegerplatz” was established in Biberstrasse as the successor to the Theater der Courage .
There were performances five times a week and occasionally also away guest appearances throughout Austria and tours to Germany and Switzerland.
Gretel Höller, the daughter of Max Höller, directed the stage until her death in 1989. Then Albert Lechner took over the direction. Lechner and the team stayed in the basement in Biberstrasse until 1996, after which he changed locations and made guest appearances at various venues within Vienna for some time. From 1997 to 2005 the theater in Biberstrasse housed the “ Cabaret Stadnikow”.
In 2004 director Albert Lechner handed over the management of the troupe to Ossi Heiter, who has been a participant in the Pradler Ritterspiele since 1970.
In 2013, after the death of Ossi Heiter, management passed to Marcus Hauser.
Individual evidence
- ↑ From Vienna's "Kabarett Stadnikow" , wien.orf.at, November 2, 2005
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 29 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 49" E