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THOMAS BERNHARD (1931 - 1989) |
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Nationality: Austrian Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Thomas Bernhard was born Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard on February 9th 1931. His parents were unmarried and he was mainly brought up by his grandparents in ViennA. His mother married and they moved to Traunstein in BavariA. Bernhard's grandfather wanted the boy to have artistic schooling but he attended numerous schools before quitting in 1948 to become an apprentice grocer. Suffering from tuberculosis he spent time in a sanatorium from 1949 to 1951. His mother died in 1950 and the same year he met and fell in love with Hedwig Stavianicek who was thirty-seven years his senior. She encouraged Thomas to write and he trained as an actor - but his lung condition meANT he had to give it up. He became a full time writer. He died on February 12th 1989 but his death was not made public until after the funeral. In his will he prohibited the performance of his plays after his death.
Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Thomas Bernhard
Destination | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chapter in Cardiff | 2001 | ||||
Organisations: | Volcano Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #80813 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | A domineering mother and her down trodden daughter are joined on their holiday by a brilliant young playwright. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Elizabeth II | ||
| 1st Produced: | London | 1992 | ||||
Organisations: | 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 | #25983 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Eve of Retirement | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PAJ Publications, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76252 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Force of Habit | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Theatre, London | 1976 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76253 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Neville and Stephen Plaice | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Force of Habit | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Theatre, London | 1976 | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Heinemann, London, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76254 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Neville and Stephen Plaice | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heldenplatz | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Conjuctions volume 33" Fall 1999, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76255 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heldenplatz | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Feb 2010 | |||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840029956 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111810 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard, translated by Meredith Oakes and Andrea Tierney | |||||
| Thomas Bernhard is widely considered to be one of the most important German playwrights in the post-war era. Highly acclaimed, he has written over twenty plays and novels and gained a reputation as one of Austrias most controversial authors. He wrote Heldenplatz in 1988 as a response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria by Hitlers Germany. Highly controversial in Austria, the play concerns a Jewish professor who returns to Vienna after the Second World War and discovers that his fellow Austrians are as anti-semitic as ever. Heldenplatz is the square in Vienna where the Austrian-born Hitler made his first speech after the Anschluss. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Heldenplatz | ||
| 1st Produced: | 12 Feb 2010 | |||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1840029956 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111811 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard, translated by Meredith Oakes and Andrea Tierney | |||||
| Thomas Bernhard is widely considered to be one of the most important German playwrights in the post-war era. Highly acclaimed, he has written over twenty plays and novels and gained a reputation as one of Austrias most controversial authors. He wrote Heldenplatz in 1988 as a response to the fiftieth anniversary of the Anschluss (annexation) of Austria by Hitlers Germany. Highly controversial in Austria, the play concerns a Jewish professor who returns to Vienna after the Second World War and discovers that his fellow Austrians are as anti-semitic as ever. Heldenplatz is the square in Vienna where the Austrian-born Hitler made his first speech after the Anschluss. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Histrionics | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Histrionics" published by University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76256 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Histrionics | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Histrionics" published by University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76257 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Histrionic, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Malthouse Theatre, Southbank, VIC | 02 Apr 2012 | ||||
Organisations: | Malthouse Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #137027 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | Bruscon is a national treasure, intellect nonpareil, and finest living actor to grace the stage. But what happens when a talent that knows no bounds is dropped into a tiny hamlet more notable for the number of local pigs than its appreciation of the theatre? | |||||
Further Reference: | http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/100646 | |||||
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Hunting Party, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PAJ Publications, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76258 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Immanuel Kant | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | 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 | #76259 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Minetti | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Aug 2014 | |||||
Organisations: | Edinburgh International Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1783191840 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #164275 | |||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras in masks | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Tom Cairns and Peter Eyre. "A portrait of the artist as an old man". | |||||
| The lobby of a grand hotel, New Years Eve. A snow storm rages. Minetti, a long-forgotten actor, arrives in great spirits to discuss his comeback as King Lear with a theatre director. While he waits patiently in the hotel lobby, Minettis obsessive personality reveals itself in a series of strange encounters with other guests. He rails against outrageous fortune and unfulfilled ambitions, often colliding with crowds of young hotel guests who frequently burst in to celebrate New Years Eve. As with King Lear, the storm which rages outside reflects his turbulent emotions until he finally finds peace and resolution. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Minetti | ||
| 1st Produced: | 16 Aug 2014 | |||||
Organisations: | Edinburgh International Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1783191840 | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #164282 | |||
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Genre: | translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | extras in masks | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Tom Cairns and Peter Eyre. "A portrait of the artist as an old man". | |||||
| The lobby of a grand hotel, New Years Eve. A snow storm rages. Minetti, a long-forgotten actor, arrives in great spirits to discuss his comeback as King Lear with a theatre director. While he waits patiently in the hotel lobby, Minettis obsessive personality reveals itself in a series of strange encounters with other guests. He rails against outrageous fortune and unfulfilled ambitions, often colliding with crowds of young hotel guests who frequently burst in to celebrate New Years Eve. As with King Lear, the storm which rages outside reflects his turbulent emotions until he finally finds peace and resolution. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Minetti | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | 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 | #76260 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Party For Boris, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Histrionics" published by University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76261 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Party For Boris, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Histrionics" published by University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76262 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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President, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | PAJ Publications, 1982 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76263 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ritter, Dene, Voss | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 2006 | ||||
Organisations: | One Little Goat Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Histrionics" published by University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76264 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | Ritter, Dene, Voss involves the Worringer sisters both Viennese actresses preparing for their brothers return from the Steinhof mental institution in Vienna, where he has been a patient for some time. Dene is the driving force behind an attempt at reintegrating him into family life while Ritter remains skeptical. When Voss, a tormented genius (loosely based on last centurys great, idiosyncratic philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein), finally appears, it becomes clear that he never planned to stay for good. The play takes place before, during, and after lunch, unfolding through caustic dialogue in this misanthropic comedy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ritter, Dene, Voss | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 2006 | ||||
Organisations: | One Little Goat Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in "Histrionics" published by University of Chicago Press, 1990 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #76265 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | Ritter, Dene, Voss involves the Worringer sisters both Viennese actresses preparing for their brothers return from the Steinhof mental institution in Vienna, where he has been a patient for some time. Dene is the driving force behind an attempt at reintegrating him into family life while Ritter remains skeptical. When Voss, a tormented genius (loosely based on last centurys great, idiosyncratic philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein), finally appears, it becomes clear that he never planned to stay for good. The play takes place before, during, and after lunch, unfolding through caustic dialogue in this misanthropic comedy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Showman, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Organisations: | 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 | #64501 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Showman, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
Organisations: | 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 | #64507 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard. Translated by Peter Jansen and Kenneth Northcott | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Utopian, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Organisations: | 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 | #76266 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Thomas Bernhard | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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