Der Dramatiker und die Bühne. Der Schauspieler als wesentlicher Faktor der Dürrenmattschen Theaterarbeit
The Playwright and the Stage. The Actor as an Essential Factor in Dürrenmatt’s Theatrical Work

The Playwright and the Stage. The Actor as an Essential Factor in Dürrenmatt’s Theatrical Work

Summary/Abstract: The syntagm „mit der Bühne dichten“ ("to write with the stage" – therefore more than "for the stage"), which is emblematic for Friedrich Dürrenmatt‘s theatre theory, reflects his conviction that, while working on the text, the playwright must constantly take into consideration the concrete possibilities of the stage as an acting space. This conviction leads implicitly to a special attention paid to the actor as an essential factor of the theatre. In this respect Dürrenmatt almost rules the intermediary figure of the director out of the relationship playwright-actor.

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