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WOLFGANG BORCHERT (1921 - 1947) |
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Nationality: German Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Wolfgang Borchert was born in Hamburg on May 20th 1921. His mother, Hertha, was a writer and his father, Fritz a teacher. It was compulsorily to join the Hitler Youth which he hated and managed to resign - but was arrested by the Gestapo and later released. He became an apprentice bookseller and secretly took acting lessons. When he passed his acting course he left bookselling for acting. He was called up and sent to the Eastern Front. He had an accident and cut his hand which became infected and turned to hepatitis. He superiors decided that it was a deliberate act to get out of the army and he was arrested and imprisoned. He was in solitary confinement but was brought up on a charge of making statements that would endanger the country and received a further six week sentence. After serving his time he was sent back to the Eastern Front where he again suffered a number of bouts of hepatitis and frostbite. He was sent back to Germany on medical leave. During this time he took up acting again - but was arrested for impersonating Joseph Goebells. He was sent to prison for nine months. On release he was sent to the Western Front. His battalion surrendered to the French Army. but he escaped and walked back to Hamburg - which was 370 miles away. After the War his health deteriorated. In 1946 his doctors gave him a year to live. He began writing producing prose, poems and plays. He died in a Swiss sanatorium on November 20th 1947
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Wolfgang Borchert
Company Of That Man Am I, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94389 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Wolfgang Borchert | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man Outside, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chelsea TC, London | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | W W Norton 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0811200110 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63750 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Wolfgang Borchert | |||||
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Out In The Cold | ||
| 1st Produced: | Greenwich Studio, London | 27 May 1995 | ||||
Company: | Greenwich Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #135393 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wolfgang Borchert | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | Theatre Record Vol XV (1995) Page 0690; Theatre Record Vol XV (1995) Page 1417 | |||||
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Outsider, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Postwar German Theatre" published by Macmillan, London, 1968 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76268 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Wolfgang Borchert | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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