Universität Wien

170106 VO+UE Conny Hannes Meyer and "Die Komödianten" (1957-1985) Pioneers of the Off-Theatre in Vienna (2010W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 17 - Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 15.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 22.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 29.10. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 05.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 12.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 19.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 26.11. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 03.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 10.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 17.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 14.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 21.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7
  • Friday 28.01. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal 33 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 7

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Conny Hannes Meyer, who is born in1931 in Vienna, became already very important in fifties and sixties as Theatre founder, head of Theatre and writer for Vienna's "Underground Theatre's scene/landscape" ("Underground Theatre"= Off Theatre).
Underground Theatre arose in Austria just after Second World War as young actors/actresses, without any aspects of finding engagements on greater stages and unsatisfied with the conventional creative plans for playing in those Theatres with little financial subvention, created their own Theatre forums.
For many actors/actresses, Theatre directors and stage designers of after the war generation bid this "Underground Theatre" their very first platform of their artistical unfolding. (from Austrian lexicon "aeiou" - www.aeiou.at/).
In 1955 became Conny Hannes Meyer fellow founder of the "Experiment am Liechtenwerd".
He founded in 1958 "Die Komödianten" ("The Comedians"), who played from 1963 permanently in "Theater am Börseplatz" and from 1974 till 1985 in "Theater im Künstlerhaus".
"Die Komödianten" in Künstlerhaus-Theatre like many other "Underground Theatre" became the same status like; "being/financed in/by public hand/subvention".
As director and dramatizer created Conny Hannes Meyer with his "Komödianten" accordingly with his staff, formal as well as contently respectably stagings such as; Bert Brecht works and realisation of a valid prototype playing plan. Short representation of the way of splitting with the "Komödianten" will also followed. (These are the "Theatermanufaktur" am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin and "Gruppe 80" in Vienna).

Assessment and permitted materials

Judgment of the student's self done small researchs and participation in general discourse.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aim/Objective of the lecture (+Ue) is; to show what/which meanings/influences Conny Hannes Meyer and the "Komödianten" ("Comedians")-ensemble projected towards the "Underground Theatre" in Vienna's Theatre Happenings.
It searches the questions of content und formal functions of the avant-garde. And it will be representing the financial, organizational and political problems as well as particular artistical qualities of the ensemble, "Die Komödianten".

Examination topics

Next Step will be to heed to the historical Theatre with the special notice to the period, cultural politics and psychological social frameworks.
Colleagues of Conny Hannes Meyer will be invited as well as pointing out the importance of student's own cooperation which will be considered as worthy.

Reading list

Lederer, Herbert: Bevor alles verweht. Wiener Kellertheater 1945-1960 - Wien, Bundesverlag 1985
Haider-Pregler, Hilde; Roessler, Peter (HG): Zeit der Befreiung. Wiener Theater nach 1945 - Wien, Picus 1998
Schlögl, W: C. H. Meyer und seine Komödianten,Dissertation (2 Bd.), Universität Wien 1994
Weitere Literatur folgt.

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