Heiner Müller’s Democratic Theater: The Politics of Making the Audience Work

241 Pages·2017·9.567 MB·English

by  Michael Wood

heiner Müller’s
deMocraTic TheaTer
The PoliTics
of Making
The audience
Work
Michael Wood
Heiner Müller’s Democratic Theater

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Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture
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Heiner Müller’s
Democratic Theater
The Politics of Making
the Audience Work
Michael Wood
Rochester, New York
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This research project was supported by the Arts and
Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
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Copyright © 2017 Michael Wood
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First published 2017
by Camden House
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ISBN-13: 978-1-57113-998-6
ISBN-10: 1-57113-998-2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wood, Michael, 1986– author.
Title: Heiner Mül ler’s democratic theater : the politics of making the audience work /
Michael Wood.
Description: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2017. | Series: Studies in German
literature, linguistics, and culture | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017008226| ISBN 9781571139986 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 1571139982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Mül ler, Heiner, 1929–1995—Criticism and interpretation.
Classification: LCC PT2673.U29 Z97 2017 | DDC 832/.914—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017008226
This publication is printed on acid-free paper.
Printed in the United States of America.
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For my mother;
And in memory of my father.
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1: Producing the New Public: Der Lohndrücker, 1956–60 27
2: Process and the Public Forum: Der Horatier, 1968–73 64
3: Treating Woodworm: Wolokolamsker Chaussee IV:
Kentauren, 1986 97
4: “SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THIS AGE OF HOPE”:
Der Lohndrücker at the Deutsches Theater, 1988–91 115
Conclusion 153
Notes 161
Bibliography 197
Index 217
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Illustrations
1.1 Werner Schulz-Wittan as Krüger, Manfred Borges as
Kolbe, and Erich Mirek as Balke. 51
1.2 Program cover for Der Lohndrücker and Die Korrektur. 52
1.3 Publicity photo for Der Lohndrücker, showing
Erich Mirek as Balke. 54
2.1 Horatier at the Werkstatt of the Schiller Theater. 88
2.2 Ulrich Pleitgen as the Horatian. 92
4.1 Johanna Schall and Ulrich Mühe in Der Horatier. 130
4.2 The workers in a world of plenty in Der Lohndrücker. 134
4.3 Dieter Montag as Balke and Michael Gwisdek as Schorn. 143
4.4 Balke and Schorn moving into the last stage of the
final Gestus. 144
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