In:
New Theatre Quarterly, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 7, No. 25 ( 1991-02), p. 3-19
Abstract:
As this issue goes to press, the GDR has just been united with its western neighbour in circumstances which, just a year previously, would have seemed almost as improbable as when Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel returned after the war to create the Berliner Ensemble. Käthe Rülicke-Weiler joined their dramaturgical team in 1951, and witnessed from the inside the attempt to build Brecht's ideal of a socialist theatre. Here, she talks with Matthias Braun about the personal, social, and political background to the Ensemble – which, although under the artistic direction of Brecht himself, was managed by Weigel, who was thus in the position of preventing herself from becoming a conventional ‘star’ performer. As well as dealing with the nature of Weigel's acting – and of her administrative skills – the interview assesses the contributions of Brecht's other co-workers, his own techniques as a director, and the factors (including touring under difficult post-war conditions) which led to the Ensemble's recognition as a major international company. This interview was first published in 1985 in Theater der Zeit , by whose kind permission it is here translated.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0266-464X
,
1474-0613
DOI:
10.1017/S0266464X00005145
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1991
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2030067-0
SSG:
9,3
SSG:
7,25
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