Winnetou I (Elspe 1978)
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| Title: | Winnetou I |
| Genus: | Outdoor play |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Jochen Bludau |
| Literary source: | Karl May : Winnetou I |
| Publishing year: | 1978 |
| Place of premiere: | Elspe |
| Director of the premiere | Karl-Heinz Walther |
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The open-air play Winnetou I based on the novel of the same name by Karl May was written by Jochen Bludau as a play for open-air stages and premiered in Elspe in 1978 under the direction of Karl-Heinz Walther as part of the Elspe Festival .
content
Contrary to the agreements with chief son Winnetou , the South Pacific Railroad Company wants to run its new railway line through the middle of the Apache region. Frederic Santer is supposed to push this through for the company on site in Blackhill. As soon as he has taken over the construction of Sam Hawkens, there is already the first clash with the Indians. And that's not all, Santer secretly has something completely different in mind: he wants to locate and plunder the Apache's gold source. When he shoots Klekih-petra, the white adviser to the Apaches, peace between the Indians and whites is over for good. Even the young surveyor that Santer brought with him now has to prove his courage to fight. His well-placed punches earned him the nickname " Old Shatterhand " among the Apaches . But for Winnetou this Shatterhand is just another white man who wants to steal the land from his tribe. Shatterhand almost ends on the torture stake , if it weren't for Nscho-chi , Winnetou's sister, who finds evidence of his innocence. Winnetou and Old Shatterhand seal their friendship with blood, and how unbeatable this blood brother duo will be in the future is what Santer and his gang will first feel.
- "This Wild West adventure delivers almost everything that makes a spectacular Indian play: chases, war dances, brawls, real villains and true heroes, wise chiefs and clever women, an exciting story with great conflicts and a conciliatory ending."
particularities
The textbook remained comparatively close to the novel and also recognizable from the film .
Differences: The conflict between Apaches and Kiowas was resolved internally by the Apache , with the sub-chief Ketahan Schonka questioning Winnetou's decisions. In later productions his name became Matto Schako.
Winnetou was in charge of peace negotiations with the whites and has just returned from the governor in Santa Fe . The engineer Bancroft was replaced by the equally drunkard Sheriff Barker, a comical role that Jochen Bludau used in "Halbblut". The construction manager was Sam Hawkens, who is replaced by the intriguer Santer. Hawkens undertakes a shooting competition against Santer's people similar to " The Oil Prince " in order to divert attention from Charley's rescue operation.
Most of it was retained in later productions, in 1993 there were some changes, the version from 2006 again largely corresponded to the book from 1978.
Others
- Originally "Unter Vultures" should be played, but there were problems with the licensing of the title by the Karl-May-Verlag .
- In this year 1978 the auditorium in Elspe was roofed.
- In 1978 the Elspe Ensemble not only gave a guest performance in Ratingen , but also in the Wiener Stadthalle (there, however, with “Der Schatz im Silbersee”, the previous year's production).
source
- Entry in the Karl May Wiki for the premiere
Text book
- Jochen Bludau: Winnetou I. Based on motifs by Karl May , Norderstedt: Sales office and publisher of German stage writers and stage composers no year.
literature
- Torsten Greis: 1978: Winnetou I . In: Karl May & Co. No. 52/1993 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ From the online presentation of the text book by the VVB.
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Schahko_Matto
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Halbblut_(Elspe_1974)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Winnetou_I_(Elspe_1993)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Winnetou_I_(Elspe_2006)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Winnetou_I_(Ratingen_1978)
- ↑ http://www.karl-may-wiki.de/index.php/Der_Schatz_im_Silbersee_(Wien_1978)