Leopold Jessner - Intendant der Republik: Der Weg eines deutsch-jüdischen Regisseurs aus Ostpreußen

Matthias Heilmann

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Leopold Jessner - Intendant der Republik

Der Weg eines deutsch-jüdischen Regisseurs aus Ostpreußen

Matthias Heilmann

Language: German

Published/Copyright: 2005

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Volume 47 | Theatron

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Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) was the first German director to display an explicit commitment to political theatre. As of 1919 he was in charge of the biggest theatre in the Weimar Republic, the Staatstheater Berlin. The Jewish socialist put paid to the Wilhelmine artistic spirit prevalent at the time and gave the democratic epoch a new profile. Among conservatives this aroused greater enmity than they felt for many of the politicians taking a similar stance. Jessner's specific use of the stage and his terse, objective style of direction initiated the development of German Regietheater even before the arrival of Piscator and Brecht. Jessner's work also reflects the division of the Republic. His resignation in 1930 was a symptomatic case of the ousting of Jews from German cultural life.

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"Matthias Heilmann gebührt das Verdienst, mit seiner beachtlichen Studie, die gewichtige Rolle Jessners in der Geschichte des modernen Theaters aufgezeigt zu haben."
Anat Feinberg in: Trumah, Band 16

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Einleitung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Die Lehrjahre des ostpreußischen Künstlers am Theater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	8
2. Die ersten Stationen zum modernen Regietheater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
3. In Kriegszeiten Intendant in der Heimat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
4. Grundlagen für das Theater der neuen Republik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
5. Der Anfang als Staatstheaterintendant in Berlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
6. Triumphe mit Kortner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	170
7. Die Ablösung Reinhardts durch Jessner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	205
8. Othello: Ein Höhe- und Wendepunkt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	230
9. Jessner ohne Kortner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
10. Das Gegenwartstheater der Republik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269
11. Jessners Kampf um Kontinuität und Erneuerung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	336
12. Verschärfung der Krise – Neue Siege und schleichender Machtverfall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	370
13. Jessners Abschied Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	408
14. Epilog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	418
15. Verzeichnis der Inszenierungen von Leopold Jessner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	420
16. Literaturverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	430
17. Personenregister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441

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eBook published on:

December 22, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110915303

Hardcover published on:

November 16, 2005

Hardcover ISBN:

9783484660472

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Front matter:

7

Main content:

447

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110915303

eBook ISBN: 9783110915303

Hardcover ISBN: 9783484660472

Keywords for this book

Jessner, Leopold; Inszenierung; Geschichte 1904-1933

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