Elisabeth Hauptmann: Brecht's silent collaborator

"This study deals with Elisabeth Hauptmann's contributions to Bertolt Brecht's works. Handwritten and typed material from the ""Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv"" and the ""Literaturarchiv der Akademie der Kunste,"" where Elisabeth Hauptmann's papers are held in Berlin, as well as the Brecht Collection at Harvard, substantiate Hauptmann's constant involvement in Brecht's works. Hauptmann's most obvious contributions to the Brecht oeuvre are discussed: for example, her involvement in Mann ist Mann, documented by Brecht in the dedication of the first version, and her translation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, which resulted in Brecht's most famous play, Die Dreigroschenoper. Her work on Happy End prepared the way for Brecht's Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthofe. Less well-known is her prose, similar in style to Brecht's, her adaptations for Brecht's Berliner Ensemble in the 1950's, and her interest in things oriental, which resulted in her translations of Chinese poems and their adaption with Brecht."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hanssen, Paula Joan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Schoeps, Karl-Heinz

• Literature, Modern
• Literature, Germanic
• Theater

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1993 Hanssen, Paula Joan

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9329052
(UMI)AAI9329052

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21741