Abendroth, Friedrich 205
Abs, Josef 241
action-kino 22, 30
action-theater 3, 5, 10, 17, 19, 22, 74, 75, 76, 80, 82, 84, 89, 92, 128, 137, 138, 145, 147, 197, 199, 251, 252, 261
description of 23
history of 22–61
role of politicians in its closure 60–1, 75
Adenauer, Konrad 15, 236
Aly, Götz Haydar 60
antiteater 3, 5, 9, 10, 21, 31, 42, 51, 61, 64, 65, 66–7, 69, 117, 126, 127, 128, 132, 135, 136, 137, 148, 172, 179, 192, 197, 199, 211, 252
as banner for Blut production 115, 149
history of 79–6
APO (‘Extra-Parliamentary Opposition’) 19, 62, 63, 64, 67, 86, 176
Aristophanes
Women in the Assembly 177–8
Aristotle 69
Artaud, Antonin 5, 71, 78, 100, 104
The Theatre and Its Double 222–3
Assenmacher, Karl-Heinz 159
Auschwitz 31, 107, 227, 229, 234, 246, 247, 248
Axel Caesar Haarmann 59, 87
The devising process 55
analysis of 55–9
production at the action-theater 59
Baader, Andreas 51, 52
Baader-Meinhof group 51
Baarova, Lida 162
Bachmann, Josef 54
Baer, Harry 99, 115, 160, 172
Werwolf (Werewolf ) 92, 115–17, 118
Bahn, Roma 228
Barnett, David 150
Barthes, Roland 253
‘the Death of the Author’ 230, 245
Baumgart, Reinhard 199
Bausch, Pina 222
The Beatles 33
Becker, Peter von 236
Becker, Rolf 177
Beckett, Samuel 3, 87, 155
Endgame 176
Behan, Brendan
The Hostage 123
Benjamin, Walter 63
Bergmann, Werner 233
Berlin Communards 52, 67–9, 88, 91
Berliner Ensemble 36, 73, 122
Berling, Peter 1, 98, 173
Berninger, Helmut 21, 39, 45, 83
The Bitburg affair 239–40
Blancas, Sombrad 222
Boal, Augusto 69
Böhm, Karlheinz 4, 170
Bohnen, Klaus 72
Bond, Edward
Saved 53
Boothe, Claire Luce 4, 219
The Women 4, 218–19
Brady, Ian, see Fassbinder, Preparadise Sorry Now
Braun, Karlheinz 226, 257
Brecht, Bertolt 5, 6–3
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) 98, 228
Elefantenkalb (The Elephant Calf) 25
epic narration 57
Haltung (‘attitude’) 53, 78
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (The Caucasian Chalk Circle) 74
Kleinbürgerhochzeit (Petit-Bourgeois or Middle-Class Wedding) 27
Lehrstück (‘the learning play’) 58, 70, 72, 73, 80
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (Mother Courage and her Children) 74, 159, 197, 199
reception of his political theatre 69–6, 127, 128, 131, 136, 137, 139, 140, 143–8, 162, 163, 166–9, 170, 177–8, 179, 188, 220, 254
Brocher, Corinna 202
Bruckner, Ferdinand 40, 41, 43
Krankheit der Jugend (Diseased Youth) 46, 47
Die Verbrecher (The Criminals) 25, 38, 39, 40, 191
production at the action-theater 39, 46, 74, 85, 252
revival in Essen 137, 139, 149, 178, 207, 254
production in Frankfurt 202, 205–7
Brumlik, Micha 245
Brustellin, Alf 29, 53
Bubis, Ignatz 243
Büchner, Georg 21, 33
Dantons Tod (Danton’s Death) 21, 83
Leonce und Lena (Leonce and Lena), production at the action-theater 33–5, 54, 82
guest performances in Paris 36
Woyzeck 21
The Büchner Theater 21, 39, 41, 79, 80
and Orgie Ubuh 81–4
Bügner, Torsten 50, 106
Bullivant, Keith 62, 66
Bund für Volksbildung (BfV) (‘League for People’s Education’) 188, 189, 197, 213, 216, 234
The Bundeswehr
Training methods used in Antigone 28
Fassbinder acts for 54–5
Bürgerliches Trauerspiel 164, 165, 174
Burleson, Bob 37
Hands Up, Heiliger Johannes (Hands Up, John the Baptist) 35
production at the action-theater 37
Büscher, Barbara 222, 223
Calandra, Denis 104, 262
Callas, Maria 186
Canaris, Volker 185
Carstensen, Margit 132, 136, 138, 144, 154, 160, 161, 167, 169, 170, 183, 187, 202–3, 219, 224, 234
Castorf, Frank 173
Caven, Ingrid 47, 73, 77, 207, 234
CDU (Christian Democratic Union) 13, 15, 18, 216, 236, 238, 239, 242
Chekhov, Anton 134
Uncle Vanya 191, 210–11
Coberg, Klaus 162
Cocteau, Jean
La Voix humaine 225
Commedia dell’arte 128
Contra-Kreis 20
Crawford, Joan 218
Croiset, Jules 244
Cukor, George
The Women 218
Czaschke, Annemarie 53, 59, 60, 101
Daiber, Hans 127
Dannecke, Hermann 134, 135
Dennoch-Verlag 22
Desch Verlag 45
Deutsch, Ernst 18
Der deutsche Bühnenverein (The German Theatre Association) 14, 137, 139, 207
and Mitbestimmung 178
Dietrich, Marlene 186
Döblin, Alfred
Berlin Alexanderplatz 96, 248
Documentary drama, materials and aesthetics 16, 19, 27, 55, 56, 64, 68, 87, 102, 117, 162, 163, 222–4, 247
Donner, Wolf 144
Dorst, Tankred 186
Duběek, Alexander 89
Duensing, Erich 86
Dürer, Albrecht 134, 148, 153
Dutschke, Rudi 19, 54, 55, 57, 109
DVU (German People’s Union) 245
Eckardt, Bernd 75, 77
Eder, Liselotte 31
Eichholz, Armin 135
Einstein, Albert 153
Elsaesser, Thomas 2
Emigholz, Erich 124, 125, 155
Emmer, Uta 79
Enger, Ralph 99
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus 63–5, 68, 85
and ‘The Death of Literature’ 63–5
Das Verhör von Habana (The Interrogation in Havana) 64
Erhard, Ludwig 18
Esslin, Gudrun 51
Euripides 32
Everding, August 19, 109, 179
Fallada, Hans
Kleiner Mann, was nun? (What now, Little Man?) 186
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
acts in and partly directs Miss Julie in Frankfurt 201–5, 255
adaptation techniques 40–1, 130–1
adapts and directs Die Verbrecher (The Criminals) for the action-theater 39, 40–1, 46, 47, 74, 85, 252
Ajax (co-written with Raben) 92, 93, 94, 97
analysis of 93–4
production at the antiteater 92–3
Der amerikanische Soldat (The American Soldier) (film) 96, 97, 140
Der amerikanische Soldat (The American Soldier) (play) 39, 92, 94
analysis of 95–8
Anarchie in Bayern (Anarchy in Bavaria) 109, 117, 118, 127, 130, 136
analysis of 109–11
production by the antiteater at the Münchner Kammerspiele 111–12, 128
Anormal Human Ugly Voice 225
applies for and attains post of artistic director at the TAT 188–90
as Artaudian 5–3
Berlin Alexanderplatz 226
Die Bettleroper (The Beggar’s Opera) 65, 66, 77, 78, 98, 101, 109, 111, 114
analysis of 98–9, 100–1
production at the antiteater 99–60
limitations of allegorical reading 160
problem with superficial naturalism 169–70, 249
production in Darmstadt and Frankfurt 160–2, 256
production in Switzerland 162
Blut am Hals der Katze (Blood on the Cat’s Neck)
analysis of 149–53
production in Nuremberg 153; on tour 155–3
on Brecht 6, 72–3, 251–3
Bremer Freiheit (Bremen Freedom) (play) 163, 170, 194, 255, 257, 259, 260, 262
analysis of 163–6
problem with superficial naturalism 169–70
production in Bremen 166–9, 179
Bremer Freiheit (Bremen Freedom) (version for television) 169
Das brennende Dorf (The Burning Village) 140, 162, 214, 257
analysis of 140–3
production at the Bremer Theater 140, 143–5, 149
Chinesisches Roulette 132
co-directs Mockinpott with Jörg Schmitt 79–7
directs Frauen in New York in Hamburg 4, 5, 218–22, 224, 254, 256, 261
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
directs Germinal in Frankfurt 197–2
directs Liliom in Bochum 183–5, 193, 255
directs Uncle Vanya in Frankfurt 170, 210–11
directs Die Unvernünftigen in Frankfurt 192–5, 254
Dolci Canti di Cancor (Sweet Songs of Cancer) 225
Die Ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun) 82, 187
Ende endlos (An End without an End) 225
enduring popularity of the plays 259–61
Faedra 224–5
fascination with language 9, 43, 48, 49, 105, 107, 110, 118, 130, 149, 157
first lead role in a film (Schuldig oder Nichtschuldig) 54–5
Fontane Effi Briest 86
Frankenstein am Main (Frankenstein on the Main) 214
‘Frankfurt’ play(s) 190, 214, 216, 217, 227
Frauen in New York (version for television) 221, 256
Gewidmet Rosa von Praunheim (Dedicated to Rosa von Praunheim) 113, 114
and Haltung (Brechtian ‘attitude’) 53, 78, 153, 254
Hedda Gabler 4
In einem Jahr mit dreizehn Monden (In a Year of Thirteen Moons) 261
Iphigenie auf Tauris von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Iphigenia on Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) 68, 85, 95, 99, 102, 108, 130, 140, 143–5, 197, 257
analysis of 85–9
on tour in Berlin 91–2
protest at the première 76
production at the antiteater 84, 89–8
joins the action-theater 30–2
Das Kaffeehaus (The Coffee House) (play) 72, 118, 162, 257, 259, 260, 261
analysis of 128–30
production at the antiteater 135–5, 136, 148, 153, 194, 254, 255
takes over direction 131–2
Das Kaffeehaus (The Coffeehouse) (version for television) 131, 136
and the Kammerspiele Boycott 179–80
Katzelmacher (film) 99, 112, 136, 137
Katzelmacher (play) 46, 53, 59, 77, 80, 85, 98, 101, 102, 106, 108, 111, 116, 130, 149, 214, 249, 251, 252, 259, 261, 262
analysis of 47–3, 74, 255
Das kleine Chaos (A Little Chaos) 30, 31
leaves the TAT 216–17
Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (Love is Colder than Death) 55, 109, 112, 136
Martha 4, 132, 170
and melodrama 156, 173, 225
Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod (Rubbish, the City and Death) 11, 230, 246, 248, 252, 257, 260, 262
analysis of 227–32
cancelled production at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt 238–9, 243
cancelled production at the Schauspiel Frankfurt 239, 240–4, 261
cancelled production in Berlin 244–5
early reactions to 232–7
Fest’s intervention 235–7, 239, 240, 241
oral testament regarding performance of 238, 241
problems at the TAT 234–5, 237, 239, 243
productions and failed productions outside Germany 244
‘Secret’ production in Bochum 245
and multi-media 2, 7–1, 256
Die Niklashauser Fart (The Journeye to Niklashausen) 139
no single style in his work 8–4, 257
Nur eine Scheibe Brot (Just a Slice of Bread) 30, 246, 249, 257, 262
analysis of 246–7
posthumous première of 247–8
and opera 225–6
Orgie Ubuh (Ubuh Orgy) 81, 83, 85, 91, 98, 114
partly adapts and directs Ubu Roi as Orgie Ubuh (Ubuh Orgy) for the antiteater 81
and pessimism 71–2, 101–8
Pioniere in Ingolstadt (Military Engineers in Ingolstadt) (film) 45, 140, 145, 255
Pioniere in Ingolstadt (Military Engineers in Ingolstadt) (adapted play) 145
the text 147
production at the Bremer Theater 147–8, 149
plan to direct Othello in Berlin 172
plans the programme for the TAT 190–2
on his position within the Stadttheater system
and the postdramatic 134, 254–5
posthumous reworkings of the plays and films 260–1
Preparadise Sorry Now 98, 108, 111, 115, 116, 130, 149, 150, 170, 249, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262
analysis of 102–6
controversial subject matter 101–2
genesis of 102
production at the antiteater 106–7, 153
Querelle 130
relationship with Raben as co-director 41
relationship with Zadek after Bochum 187
revives Die Verbrecher in Essen 137, 139, 149, 178, 207, 254
Satansbraten (Satan’s Brew) 5, 220, 261
Die schönen Tangos der Faschisten (The Fascists’ Beautiful Tangos) 173
Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss) 187
Showdown (one-day festival in Bremen) 136, 255
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
Der Stadtstreicher (The Vagrant) 30
Theater in Trance (Theatre in a Trance) 5, 222–4
Theaterarbeit (Work in the Theatre) 36–7
as theatre director 77–9, 132–3, 153, 174, 251–7
and the theatricality of his films 7–7
Tropfen auf heisse Steine (Water Drops on Burning Rocks) 30, 250, 260
analysis of 248–9
posthumous première of 249–50
unrealized plans for season 1975/6 at the TAT 209, 213–14, 227
unrealized plans for work in the theatre after 1976 224–7
and the value of theatre 4–2
and Volkstheater 190
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware the Holy Whore) (film) 117, 140
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware the Holy Whore) (play) 172, 257
analysis of 172–3
never staged 173
Werwolf (Werewolf) 92, 115, 117, 118, 136
analysis of 115–16
production at the Forum Theater 116–17, 135, 149
Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? (Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?) 261
Whity 93, 117
Wildwechsel (Wild Game) 40
wins Gerhard Hauptmann Prize 137
Zadek brings F to Bochum 181–3
Zum Beispiel Ingolstadt (Ingolstadt, for Example) 39, 40, 50, 52, 53, 79
adapts and co-directs Zum Beispiel 40, 41–4, 47, 74, 147, 253
FDP (Free Democratic Party of Germany) 18, 242
Fehling, Jürgen 18
Fest, Joachim, see Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod
Feydeau, Georges 190
Finnan, Carmel 49
Firaza, Joanna 5, 8, 71, 101, 110, 249
Fleisser, Marieluise 17, 39, 40, 43, 44, 50
Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt (Purgatory in Ingolstadt) 49
Pioniere in Ingolstadt (Military Engineers in Ingolstadt) 39, 46, 85, 147
difficulties with the action-theater production
Fontane, Theodore 86
Forum Theater, Berlin 51, 91–2, 108, 112, 116
Frederick the Great 143
Freud, Sigmund
Totem and Taboo 141
Fridl-Leonhard Acting School 30
Friedmann, Michel 241
Friedrich, Regina 188
Fuchs, Matthias 193, 195
Funke, Hajo 240
Gabrea, Radu 2
Ein Mann wie EVA (A Man like EVA) 1, 173
Gardner, Anatol von 32
Gastarbeiter (‘guest workers’) 48, 49, 85, 214, 261
Gay, John 64, 98–9
Geisler, Achim 35
Gelber, Jack
The Connection 51
Genet, Jean
Le Balcon 123
Querelle 130
Giehse, Therese 45
Godard, Jean-Luc 35, 89, 248
Goebbels, Joseph 162
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 64, 76, 85, 86, 95, 99, 197, 208
Faust 186
Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia on Tauris) 68, 84, 86, 93–4
Torquato Tasso 124–5
Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship 248
van Gogh, Vincent 5
Goldoni, Carlo 64, 129, 194
The Flatterer 215
Il Bodega del Café 126, 129, 220
description of 128
Gombrowicz, Witold
Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy 25, 145
Gorky, Maxim 191
The Lower Depths 190
Gottfried, Geesche 163, 260
Grabbe, Christian Dietrich
Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung (Jokes, Satire, Irony and Deeper Meaning) 179
Grack, Günther 92
Grass, Günter 179
The Green Party 240
Greiselis, Marite 31, 32
Grüber, Klaus Michael 125
Gründgens, Gustaf 14, 15, 121, 122
Gruppe 47 17
Gryphius, Andreas
Herr Peter Squenz (Mr Peter Quince) 113
Guthrie, Tyrone 123
Haarmann, Fritz 55, 56
Hahn, Peter 226
Handke, Peter 16–7, 30
Quodlibet 154
Der Ritt über den Bodensee (The Ride across Lake Constance) 154
Die Unvernünftigen sterben aus (They Are Dying Out)
production in Frankfurt 192–5, 205
Hartmann, Rainer 194, 213
Hatry, Michael
Notstandsübung (Rehearsing the State of Emergency) 58
Hayman, Ronald 1, 54, 220
Hebbel, Friedrich
Maria Magdalene 165–6
plan to produce MM in Frankfurt 166, 191
Heer, Hannes 243
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 52
Die Wissenschaft der Logik (The Science of Logic) 151, 153, 154
Heigl, Alois Michael 131–2
Heising, Ulrich 219
Henrichs, Benjamin 8, 154, 187, 200
Hermann, Irm 39, 44, 46, 54, 59, 76, 83, 94, 115, 160, 193, 201, 202, 207, 219
Herrmann, Wilhelm 134, 145
Hess, Rudolf 105
Hilpert, Heinz 18
Hilsdorf, Dietrich 240, 243
Hindemith, Paul 144
Hindley, Myra, see Preparadise Sorry Now
Hirschmüller, Hans 77, 128, 132, 136, 153, 167
Hitler, Adolf 57, 111, 236, 241
Hochhuth, Rolf 58
Der Stellvertreter (The Deputy/The Representative) 16
Hofer, Hermann 154
Hoffmann, Hilmar 188, 238, 241
Höffner, Donata 219
Holefleisch, Heiko 241
Hollmann, Hans 125
Horn, Effi 35, 40
Horváth, Ödön von 6–8, 180
Humphrey, Hubert 67
Hüngsberg, Gottfried von 60, 89
Ibsen, Henrik 71
Hedda Gabler
F’s production in West Berlin 170–2, 173
Iden, Peter 122, 144, 155, 165, 178, 183, 193, 200, 205, 207, 214, 255
Intendant 7, 9, 13, 14–8, 179, 180, 181, 189, 217, 219, 238, 240, 245
definition 7
Ionesco, Eugène 16
Jakob oder der Gehorsam (Jack or Submission)
action-theatre production 22, 23–5, 36
Jäger, Gerd 186, 221
Jahnn, Hans Henny 25
Jarry, Alfred
Ubu Roi (King Ubu) 25, 82
production by the antiteater 81
Jenny, Urs 91
Jeremias, Brigitte 223
Jessner, Leopold 120
Johler, Jens 175–7
John, Gottfried 202–3
Joyce, James 248
Jünger, Ernst 241
Kafka, Franz 82
Karasek, Hellmuth 169, 243
Karsunke, Yaak 23, 25, 32, 35, 37, 44, 53, 60, 83, 91, 92, 95
Germinal 197–2
role of politicians 22
Ketelsen, Uwe 181
Kiesinger, Kurt 18, 34, 111
Kilbride, John, see Fassbinder, Preparadise Sorry Now
King, Martin Luther 57
Kipphardt, Heinar 58
In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer) 16
and the Kammerspiele Boycott 179–80
Kirn, Thomas 155
Klassikerzertrümmerung (‘reducing of the classics to rubble’)
Kleist, Heinrich von
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn 182
Knabe, Gerd
Bubis contra Fassbinder 242
Kohl, Helmut 234, 239
Köhler, Hanna 154
Kohout, Pavel
Around the World in Eighty Days 216
Kommune Eins or K1, see Berlin Communards
König, Michael 134
Kortner, Fritz 18
Koska, Elke 37, 39
Kotschenreuther, Hellmuth 117
Krää, Gunter 52, 59, 76, 77, 79, 84
Kramberg, K. H. 35
Krämer-Badoni, Rudolf 188, 190, 242
Krauss, Max 30
Krebs, Dieter 104
Kroetz, Franz Xaver 40
Kurras, Karl-Heinz 87
Laing, R. D. 191
Lang, Charles 173
Lange, Mechthild 221
Langhans, Rainer 67, 88
Laube, Horst 193
Lehmann, Hans-Thies 51, 134
Lerner, Irving
Murder by Contract 96
Lichtenstein, Heiner 243
Lietzau, Hans 176
Limmer, Wolfgang 78, 160, 224
Link, Jonathan 25
Living Theatre 5, 27, 29, 51, 66, 101
Paradise Now 106
Lommel, Ulli 187
Lorenz, Juliane 173, 227
Löwitsch, Klaus 229
Lübke, Heinrich 34
Luft, Friedrich 171
Lütgenhorst, Manfred 25
Mack, Gerhard 247
Magazzini Criminali 222
Mann, Heinrich 143
Bibi 185–7
Mann, Klaus
Mephisto 14
Mao Zedong 88, 110
Marcuse, Herbert
One-Dimensional Man 65
Marowitz, Charles 81
Marx, Karl and Marxism 65, 71, 155, 200
Mattes, Doris 47, 75, 76
Mattes, Eva 2, 219
Mauer, Burkhard 162, 163
Maxim-Gorki Theater, Berlin, see Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod
Meier, Armin 211
Meinhof, Ulrike 51
von Mengershausen, Joachim 23, 40, 60, 81, 92, 99, 107, 113, 132
Ende einer Kommune (End of a Commune) 110, 117–18, 132
Metadrama and metatheatre 44, 86
Michaelis, Rolf 123, 127, 171–2
Militz, Klaus Ulrich 8, 71, 72, 74
Miller, Arthur
The Crucible 69–4, 133, 143, 145, 167
Mitbestimmung (‘collective decision- making’)
at the TAT 189, 190, 192, 197, 202, 207, 209–10, 211, 213, 215, 216
Mitscherlich, Alexander and Margarete
Die Unfähigkeit zu trauern (The Inability to Mourn) 15, 233
Moland, Peter 115
Molnár, Ferenc
Liliom 182, 183–5
Monroe, Marilyn 151
Moors Murders, see Fassbinder, Preparadise Sorry Now
Mörbius, Peter 201, 209, 213
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 113
Mulisch, Harry
The Theatre, the Letter and the Truth 260–1
Müller, Felix 189
Müller, Heiner 173, 226, 238, 239
Die Hamletmaschine 226
Münchner Kammerspiele 30, 53, 109, 116, 179, 251
Nagel, Ivan 219, 222
Nahoun, Philippe 209
Neher, Caspar 124
Neuenfels, Hans 125
Nitribitt, Rosemarie 214, 228
Nolte, Jost 148
Notstandsgesetze (‘emergency laws’) 57, 59, 87
NPD (‘National Party of Germany’) 57
O’Casey, Sean 126
Offenbach, Jürgen 136
Ohnesorg, Benno 19, 33, 87
Ophüls, Max 187
Orff, Karl 33
Astutuli 33
Orton, Joe 25, 220
Ozon, François
Water Drops on Burning Rocks 31, 248, 250
Palitzsch, Peter 122, 173
Pasolini, Pier Paulo 3
Patterson, Michael 17, 120
Petersen, Kristin 33
Petri, Roland 189, 197, 213, 215, 216
Peymann, Klaus 188
Pflaum, Hans Günther 77
Pinter Harold
The Dumb Waiter 96
Piscator, Erwin 15, 16, 18, 120
Ponzi, Mauro 3
Postdramatic theatre 125, 134, 254–5
Postone, Moishe 236
Powell, Michael
Peeping Tom 170
Praunheim, Rosa von 2
Für mich gab’s nur noch Fassbinder. Die glücklichen Opfer des Rainer Werner Fassbinder (For Me There Was Only Ever Fassbinder. The Grinning Victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 2, 30
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Strasse (Red Workers on the Streets of Gold) 113
Presley, Elvis 113, 186
Proll, Thorwald 51
Pushkin, Alexander
The Stone Guest 25
Raab, Kurt 30, 36, 37, 39, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 84, 92, 113, 115, 121, 160, 162, 170, 191, 196, 201, 210, 211, 213, 215, 234
directs Die Verbrecher in Frankfurt 205–7
Raben, Peer 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 52, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81–4, 89, 93, 99, 113, 114, 117, 118, 153, 160, 183, 189, 216, 225, 226
co-directs Blut 153–6
co-directs Das Kaffeehaus 133–5
directs Das brennende Dorf 140, 143–5
directs Hilferufe 94
directs Iphigenie in Frankfurt 207–8
directs Petra 160–2, 256
directs Preparadise 102, 103, 105, 107, 108
Wilhelm Rabenbauer (see Peer Raben)
Rachmanism 228
Ralinofsky, Dagmar 104–5
Ramseger, Georg 29
Reagan, Ronald 239
Red Army Faction, see Baader-Meinhof group
Regietheater (‘Directors’ Theatre’)
Reible, Dieter 208, 215
Reichel, Horst A. 20, 84
Reichel, Verena 92
Reutzel, Erwin 23
Riebranz, Johannes 89
Rischbieter, Henning 37
Roberg, Dietmar 213
Martha, die letzte Wandertaube (Martha, the Last Wandering Dove) 201
Roberts, David 62
Rodgers, Richard and Hammerstein, Oscar
Carousel 182
The Rolling Stones 35, 82
Rühle, Günther 15, 37, 124, 125, 171, 194, 213, 214, 240, 241, 242, 243
Runge, Erika
Bottroper Protokolle 88
Sabelus, Annette 43, 147
Sagerer, Alexei 21
Saussure, Ferdinand de 37
Savary, Jérôme 224
Schalla, Hans 180
Schauspiel Frankfurt 173, 188, 190, 192–5, 226, 240–4, 254, 261
Schauspielhaus Bochum 170, 180–7, 188, 255
Schenk, Irmbert 72
Schiller, Friedrich von
Don Carlos 113, 114
Die Räuber (The Robbers) 120
Wilhelm Tell 120
Schlöndorff, Volker 191
Baal 114
Schmid, Daniel
Schatten der Engel (The Angels’ Shadows) 230
Schmidt, Dietmar N. 155
Schmidt, Jürgen 169
Schmitt, Jörg 25, 27, 52, 54, 55, 59, 75, 76, 81
co-directs Mockinpott with Fassbinder 79–7
Schwerdtner, Walter 88
Schygulla, Hanna 28, 29, 31, 32, 46, 76, 77, 78, 99, 100, 105, 107, 113, 121, 132, 181, 183, 187
SDS (‘League of German Socialist Students’) 19, 21, 54, 59, 67
Seibel, Wolfgang 104
Seibert, Peter 136, 256
Sellner, Gustav 121
Seybold, Eberhard 211
Shakespeare, William 3, 191
Hamlet 37
Macbeth 81
Measure for Measure 123, 190
Shakespeare, William
The Merchant of Venice 182, 231
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 113
Othello 172, 187
A Winter’s Tale 187
Shattuc, Jane 6, 58
Shearer, Norma 218
Sichtermann, Barbara 175–7
Simon, Heide 191, 201, 228
Sinter, Gidy 175
Sirk, Douglas 156, 157, 191
Smith, David, see Fassbinder, Preparadise Sorry Now
Söhnlein, Horst 22, 27, 36, 39, 45, 46, 53, 75, 92
and Frankfurt arson attacks 51
Sophocles 64, 93–4
Ajax 92
Antigone 6, 30, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41
production at the action-theater 27–7, 67, 95
Squat Theatre 222
Staatstheater/Stadttheater 13, 20, 26, 85, 108, 111, 122, 135, 136, 145, 147, 174, 179, 180, 183, 188, 191, 193, 195, 208, 251, 255, 262
ability to assimilate competition 127
appeal of S to Fassbinder 126–7
description of the system 12–8
role of politicians 13, 238–9
theatre-building boom 13–5, 134, 139, 178, 194
Steinweg, Rainer 73
Steiof, A. Christian 193
Stern, Frank 233
Stöckl, Ula 202–3
Strätz, Ursula 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33, 36, 45, 75, 77, 84, 114, 160, 207
Lulluhh 114
Straub, Jean-Marie 46, 47
Der Bräutigam, die Komödiantin und der Zuhälter (The Bridegroom, the Actress and the Pimp) 47
Strauss, Franz Josef 111
Strauss, Botho 162
Strindberg, August
Miss Julie 191
production in Frankfurt 201–5, 209
Stubbendorff, Dietrich 134
Sturm und Drang (‘storm and stress’) movement 86
Suhrkamp Verlag 45, 46, 237
Szabó, István 14
Tank, Kurt Lothar 221
Teufel, Fritz 67, 88
Theater am Turm (TAT), Frankfurt 9, 10, 66, 85, 113, 166, 170, 173, 174, 176, 188–92, 195–9
Ich will nichts als leben wie ein starker Baum (I Only Want to Live Strong Like a Tree)
and Mitbestimmung, see M at the TAT
problems with theatre for children 201, 209
Theater der freien Volksbühne, West Berlin 170
Thieringer, Thomas 223
Thimm, Karin 24, 29, 35, 91
name used in Petra 157
Thomas, R. Hinton 62, 66
Thomasius, Jutta W. 197, 199
Thomsen, Christian Braad 3, 141, 223
Tietjen, Heinz 18
Töteberg, Michael 5, 50, 54, 86, 96, 100, 102, 104, 156, 246
Ungerer, Lilith 77, 115
Utzenrath, Hansjörg 176, 217
Vasil, Paul
Tonys Freunde (Tony’s Friends) 54
Vega, Lope de 64
Fuente Ovejuna 140
Verdi, Giuseppe
Nabucco 82
Sicilian Vespers 178
Verlag der Autoren 172, 238, 245, 257
and the Kammerspiele Boycott 179–80
Vian, Boris
Chung 59–1, 106
definition 17
Wagner, Eberhard 191, 209, 228
Wagner, Klaus 221
Wagner, Wieland 18
Wallmann, Walter 238, 241
Watson, Wallace Steadman 3, 71, 85, 226
Wedekind, Frank
The Lulu plays 114, 214
Musik 227
Wefelmeyer, Fritz 231–2
Weigel, Sigrid 235
Weiss, Peter 58
Die Ermittlung (The Investigation) 16
Viet Nam Diskurs 19
Wie dem Herrn Mockinpott das Leiden ausgetrieben wird (How Suffering Was Driven Out of Mr Mockinpott) 79–3, 99, 101, 105, 108, 113, 115, 116
description of 91
Zadek, Peter 27, 122–3, 124, 125, 126, 187, 190, 231
directs Kleiner Mann 186–7
relationship with F after Bochum 187
at the Schauspielhaus Bochum 180–3, 186
and Volkstheater 180–1, 190
Zimmermann, Herbert 82
Zinner-Studio 22, 27
Zola, Emile
Germinal 190
dramatization in Frankfurt 197–201
Zöttl, Harry, see Harry Baer
Zürn, Unica 5
Zwerenz, Gerhard 226, 230, 235
Die Erde ist unbewohnbar wie der Mond 231