Word and game
| Word and game
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| description | Magazine for amateur play |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag ( German Democratic Republic ) |
| Headquarters | Leipzig |
| First edition | January 1956 |
| attitude | December 1961 |
| founder | Herbert Keller |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Editor-in-chief | Hanns Maaßen |
| editor | Central House for Folk Art |
| ZDB | 016643879 |
From 1956 to 1961, Wort und Spiel was a collection of teaching articles and materials and a discussion platform especially for amateur play that emerged in the GDR from the magazine Volkskunst of the Zentralhaus für Volkskunst .
history
The Central House for Folk Art in Leipzig published the magazine Volkskunst , from which various subject areas were spun off and each received its own publication. The “Word and Game” section located in the central building, headed by Herbert Keller, was responsible for the magazine of the same name. At the same time Herbert Keller acted as chairman of the amateur play committee of the German Democratic Republic. Hanns Maaßen was appointed editor-in-chief, who was also in charge of the later folk art spin-off I write .
The first issue appeared in January 1956 and had the full title Wort und Spiel. Our guide for amateur play, amateur theater and cabaret . From the second year the title was word and game. Our guide to amateur play and cabaret . From volume 6/1958 on, our guide for socialist amateur play was the subtitle. From issue 6/1960 on the front page was a magazine for socialist amateur theater , while the imprint cited the old title. In issue 1/1961 was The Laienbühne . Journal for socialist amateur theater, dramatic circles, workers' theater, cabaret, agitprop indicated, already issue 2 shortened the subtitle to Die Laienbühne. Journal for the socialist amateur theater . The volume was always 24 paginated A4 pages plus four unpaginated cover pages. The monthly edition cost one mark .
In issue 11/1961 the editors announced that from January 1, 1962, the publications Die Laienbühne , Agitprop , Der Funke and Pionier-Echo would be combined into a new magazine published every fortnight. Due to this merger, issue 12/1961 is considered the last of Die Laienbühne or its long-lived predecessor Wort und Spiel .
target group
Word and play , wrote Herbert Keller in number 1/1956, “is the organ of all those who have dedicated themselves to the diverse forms of play on the stage and who, as writers, professional artists, scientists or in other activities, serve the working people on the way help to artistic creativity ”. Primarily, the creation of game material and the "research into the history of all forms of amateur play from the Marxist point of view" should be aimed at. The desire for reunification , which was politically prescribed at the time, is reflected in the involvement of West German actors: “Our magazine should also be a link between East and West in its specialist field. We open these pages to all West German amateur players who are looking for the path of honest and factual discussion with us, for whom the unity of our fatherland is the main concern of all efforts. ”In volume 10/1961, that is, shortly after the wall was built , Horst Schnabel suggested Towards the Federal Republic then a sharp tone. He titled his essay Folk Art in the Federal Republic in the Service of Psychological Preparations for War .
In addition to the theater and cabaret forms explicitly mentioned in the subtitle of the first year, the editorial team also devoted itself to agitprop , puppet shows , shadow plays , pantomime and amateur film .
content
In addition to presentations of poets, plays, venues and working groups (in the case of professional actors one would speak of “ ensembles ”), the magazine also published current political articles, reports on conferences, festivals and competitions. Cultural policy decisions, presentations of regional and international customs, stocktaking of rural cultural provision, along with naming methodologically incorrect work, found a place in the booklets as well as advice on dressing and make-up or recitation tips . Furthermore, there were general considerations and instructions for everything to do with the staging . Brecht's assistant director Manfred Wekwerth contributed, for example, a three-part essay on the "stage arrangement" (2/1956 to 4/1956). In Günter Friedrich's contribution Artistic Education is Social Education at the same time , it was already made clear in the first edition what was expected of a director . If the demands to ensure consistency, discipline, concentration and work organization can still be regarded as generally valid, then further basic requirements paint a picture of the GDR ideology : The director must avoid “kitschy gazebo romance ”. Instead, he must bring about an awareness of the social responsibility of all participants, which is why indulging in "the feelings of his role" should not be allowed, because the performer has to convey an artistically designed social statement to the audience through his own worldview . From January to October 1956, a morality series inoculated would-be actors which approach to avoid. Materials were usually included for the design of festive occasions. Letters to the editor were also printed regularly. Sheet music often ended with the magazine on the back of the cover. On the other hand, there were irregularly glosses and interviews with important artists, such as Hanns Eisler in issue 7/1958. In the later editions one also taught the technically demanding scenery and stage construction in the series For the technical collective .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Editor: Attention! To all readers and subscribers! In: The lay stage . Journal for the socialist amateur theater. No. 11/1961 , November 1961, pp. 6 .
- ^ Herbert Keller: For the new year, for the new plan, for the new magazine . In: Central House for Folk Art (Ed.): Word and game . Our guide for amateur play, amateur theater and cabaret. No. 1/1956 . Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, Leipzig January 1956, p. 1-3 .
- ↑ Horst Schnabel: Folk art in the Federal Republic in the service of psychological war preparation . In: The lay stage . Journal for the socialist amateur theater. No. 10/1961 , October 1961, pp. 14th f .
- ^ Günter Friedrich: Art education is also social education . In: word and game . Our guide for amateur play, amateur theater and cabaret. No. 1/1956 , January 1956, p. 7th f .