Smuggling in the Bay

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Data
Title: Smuggling in the Bay
Genus: comedy
Original language: German
Author: Alma Rogge
Publishing year: 1935
Premiere: 1935
Place of premiere: Stralsund
people
  • August von Katjendorf, peat boatman
  • Dirk Uffers, fisherman
  • Gerd Tietjen, small shopkeeper and bacon eel catcher
  • Lüder Bohls, accordion player
  • Timpe, customs officer
  • Annette Küpers, landlady of the Friesenkrug
  • Lieschen, her niece
  • Auguste von Katjendorf, August's daughter
  • Hinnerk Küpers, sailor

Schmuggel an der Bucht (later Low German title Twee Kisten Rum , also in the High German version as Zwei Kisten Rum ) is a stage work in the genre of the comedy by Alma Rogge and was later adapted as a radio play. The play has been performed in Low German theaters to the present day, the best known being a television broadcast from the Ohnsorg Theater from 1968. The world premiere took place on December 11, 1935 in Stralsund .

action

In the first two acts the stage design is the Friesenkrug , in the third the quay on the bay.

A small village on the north German coast . The peat skipper August von Katjendorf, the fisherman Dirk Uffers and the small trader Gerd Tietjen smuggle rum for their own use , which they take over with their boats from ocean-going vessels in front of the bay. The smuggled rum is then served as grog in the Friesenkrug by the landlady Annette Küpers . Her husband Hinnerk went to sea three years ago and has never been heard from again. Annette has been supported by her niece Lieschen for several weeks while working in the restaurant.

August has received a letter without a return address, from which it emerges that on the barque Esperanza ( Spanish : "Hope") two boxes with 20 bottles of Jamaica rum are waiting for her, donated by a "unnamed but loyal son from home ". The joy is huge, but at the same time there is annoyance, because the new customs officer Timpe, known as "The Green" because of his green customs uniform, is very correct, sniffing around everywhere and apparently just waiting for an opportunity to catch the three in the act. So they persuade the accordion player Lüder Bohls to monitor Timpe during their smuggling tours at sea. Depending on where Timpe is, a certain melody should be played so that the smugglers know where "The Green One " is. To distract Timpe, August's daughter Auguste is put on Timpe, who is supposed to flirt with him .

While they barely manage to get one of the two smuggled rum boxes into the bedroom of the landlady Annette, Timpe discovers the second box in the reeds of the bay and confiscates it. However, he wants to open it under witnesses at the port office . In the meantime Hinnerk Küpers has appeared in a boat in the bay, who turns out to be the "unnamed son of the homeland" from the ominous letter to August von Katjendorf. Hinnerk promises the disappointed smugglers to get the rum back. The shrewd smugglers manage to introduce Timpe Hinnerk Küpers as Mr. Meyer. Timpe, who doesn't know Küpers, falls for the fraud and orders “Meyer” to move the second box from his customs office to the quay. Although Hinnerk warns him - you can't trust anyone - Timpe sticks to the job.

Hinnerk brings the box over. Since Timpe thinks he is a witness, he is ready to open the box in the presence of the smugglers. But the box only contains sand - apparently Hinnerk exchanged the bottles on the way from Timpe's apartment to the quay. The smugglers feign sympathy for Timpe, who must have been played a trick on. Timpe wants to report the case, which is no longer his concern, to the higher customs authorities. The smugglers are now relieved because they believe they have put Timpe on a leash with Auguste: Auguste and Timpe have now fallen in love with each other and want to get married. But now Timpe has bad news for the smugglers: He wants to ask for his transfer immediately and move away with Auguste. August is now very depressed, because that means that a new "green man" will come who first has to be "tamed" again: "Then the comedy will start all over again!"

Quotes

  • August: “Grog is good for you in all situations. He calms the agitated and gives strength to the weak. "
  • Dirk: "We brew the grog according to the tried and tested recipe: rum must, sugar can, water does not need."
  • Hinnerk: "Water consumes and rum nourishes."

Production background

Strohauser Außenensiel, viewing inland

Work on the play began in 1934. The model for the bay scenery is the Strohhauser Außenensiel on the Weser , a real model for the roles of residents of Rodenkirchen in Oldenburg , where the author grew up. The third act caused certain dramaturgical difficulties for Rogge and was changed several times, even after the Stralsund premiere. The final version was apparently not made until 1936.

The piece, originally written in High German, was translated into Low German by Rogge himself and received the alternative title Twee Kisten Rum , under which it was also broadcast as a radio play by Radio Bremen . Later the High German original was also listed under the title Zwei Kisten Rum .

Recordings from the Ohnsorg Theater

Two cases of rum (1958)

Theater director: Hans Mahler , TV director: Alfred Johst

occupation

The stage design came from Hans Albert Dithmer .

Two cases of rum (1968)

Theater director: Günther Siegmund, TV director: Alfred Johst

occupation

Hans-Albert Dithmer designed the set here as well.

Lore

The 1968 performance of the Ohnsorg Theater was edited on DVD in 2016 . There is no longer any broadcast copy of the 1958 version.

Low German radio plays

Twee Crates of Rum (1956)

Producer: RB , adaptation (word): Eberhard Freudenberg , composition: Georg Espitalier , director: Bernd Wiegmann .

occupation

The playing time is 78 minutes.

Twee Crates of Rum (1966)

Producer: NDR , editorial responsibility and direction: Heini Kaufeld.

occupation
  • Otto Lüthje: August von Katjendorf, peat boatman
  • Hilde Sicks: Guste, his daughter
  • Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum: Hinnerk Küpers, seaman
  • Erna Raupach-Petersen: Annette, his wife
  • Günther Siegmund: Friedrich Timpe, Customs Secretary
  • Jochen Schenck: Dirk Uffers, fisherman
  • Günter Lüdke : Gerd Tietjen, shopkeeper
  • Ernst Grabbe: Lüder Bohls, Fischer

The playing time is 55 minutes.

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