Günther Rühle

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Günther Rühle
Born(1924-06-03)3 June 1924
Bad Soden am Taunus, Hesse, Germany
EducationUniversity of Frankfurt
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Theatre critic
  • Theatre manager
  • Writer
Organizations
Awards

Günther Rühle (3 June 1924 – 10 December 2021) was a German theatre critic, book author and theatre manager. He directed the

PEN-Zentrum Deutschland.[2] From 1993 to 1999, he was president of the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste
(German Academy of the Performing Arts) in Frankfurt. He published books about the history of theatre in Germany, and its criticism.

Early life and education

Rühle was born in

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main until 1952, when he received a doctorate with a dissertation about Andreas Gryphius.[4]

Career

Journalism

He began work as a journalist for Frankfurter Rundschau in 1953, moving to the feuilleton of the Frankfurter Neue Presse a year later, and to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in 1960, where he became an influential theatre critic. He was promoted to head of the department in 1974.[4] From 1990, he held the same position for Der Tagesspiegel in Berlin.[5][6][7]

Intendant

In 1984,

Fassbinder play Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod [de] ("Garbage, City, Death") in the Kammerspiele of the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Due to alleged antisemitic tendencies in the play, protesters occupied the stage and prevented its world premiere.[6] Rühle staged a performance for around 150 critics and theatre personnel on 4 November, which the publisher counted as the world premiere. The Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper reported that the Frankfurt theatre had proven that the play was not marred by antisemitism.[8] However, due to continued protests, the play was not performed for the public for safety reasons.[6]

Rühle promoted the director and poet

Gerhard Hauptmann's Vor Sonnenaufgang ("Before Sunrise") was invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen. Hoffmann offered an extension of Rühle's contract in 1989, but he declined.[6][9]

Author and editor

Rühle wrote a book in two volumes about the history of theatre criticism in Germany, Theater für die Republik. Im Spiegel der Kritik, which appeared in 1988. From 1995, he worked as a freelance editor.[6] He was the principal editor of an edition of Alfred Kerr's complete works, by S. Fischer Verlag. He was also president of the Alfred Kerr Foundation [de] in Berlin,[10] and editor of the complete works by Marieluise Fleißer by Suhrkamp.[5] In 2007, he published the first volume of a history of theatre in Germany, Theater in Deutschland 1887 bis 1945. Seine Ereignisse – seine Menschen (Theatre in Germany 1887 to 1945. Its events – its people) in S. Fischer, followed in 2014 by a second volume about the years 1945–1966.[7] The work was praised for rich details, and has become a standard in the field.[11] A third volume is planned, to be authored, at Rühle's request, by Hermann Beil [de] and Stephan Dörschel.[7]

He died in

Bad Soden am Taunus, Hesse, on 10 December 2021, at the age of 97.[4][6][7]

Awards and honours

Rühle was an honorary citizen of Bensheim.[12] In 2009, an award of the Woche junger Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler for the best theatre acting by a newcomer was named the Günther-Rühle-Preis.[13]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Greiner, Ulrich (3 June 2004). "Dem Neuen eine Chance: Günther Rühle wird 80". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Members". PEN-Zentrum Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Günther Rühle". Munzinger Archiv (in German). 18 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Theaterkritiker und Ex-Intendant Günther Rühle ist tot". Berlin (in German). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Günther Rühle". S. Fischer Verlag (in German). 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Günther Rühle ist tot / Er war einer der größten Kenner des Theaters in Deutschland". Der Spiegel (in German). dpa. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Günther Rühle ist tot". Börsenblatt (in German). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. ^ Schueler, Hans (5 December 1986). "Schonzone und Schonzeit". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ISBN 3-934344-30-5
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  10. ^ "die Stiftung". Alfred Kerr (in German). 17 May 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Theater in Deutschland 1887–1945". Perlentaucher (in German). 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Ehrenbürger Günther Rühle mit dem Binding-Kulturpreis ausgezeichnet". Bensheim (in German). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Woche junger Schauspielerinnen und Schauspieler". Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2021.

Further reading

External links

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