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Offending the playwright: directors’ theatre and the 'Werktreue' debate
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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:16 authored by David BarnettThis chapter investigates the relationship between text and performance through the lens of ‘Werktreue’, which broadly translates as ‘faithfulness to the play’. ‘Werktreue’ emerges as an intellectually contradictory term which has little basis in the practical business of theatrical production. Theresia Walser and Rolf Hochhuth are used as case studies to examine what offended playwrights might tell us about ‘Werktreue’ in the real world of the theatre before ethical and legal questions are addressed. The chapter concludes that there is no solution to the aporias at the centre of the realisation process and that playwrights may simply have to accept this condition.
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Publication status
- Published
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- Published version
Journal
German MonitorPublisher
RodopiIssue
77Page range
75-97Pages
242.0Book title
German text crimes: writers accused, from the 1950s to the 2000sPlace of publication
AmsterdamISBN
9789042036901Series
German MonitorDepartment affiliated with
- English Publications
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Peer reviewed?
- Yes