Austrian Theatre Symposium
'Viennese drama and theatre as a reflection of its political and
intellectual background'
St. Peter's College, Oxford
16-18. September 2000
(conference to start at 14.00)
Following on from the successful 'Biedermeier and Beyond' Symposium
which was held at St. Peter's in September 1997 we are planning the
above symposium to celebrate the millennium. The Austrian Cultural
Institute has again offered its support and papers on Viennese theatre
will range from the end of the 18th century to the present.
The conference should be of interest to all working in the area of
German drama and theatre studies. We have already had many offers of
papers from colleagues, both from the British Isles and from Austria
and Germany, and younger scholars from both Austria and the U.K. have
been particularly encouraged to participate.
If our experiences of the Biedermeier conference are anything to go
by, the millennium gathering should be an excellent opportunity not
only to hear a wide and stimulating set of papers on the Viennese
theatre scene over two centuries, but also for Austrian enthusiasts
and theatre buffs to meet and discuss with a wide range of colleagues
in a very pleasant environment.
Please make sure that you note the dates and also inform friends and
colleagues, with interests in this area, of the symposium.
If anyone would still like to submit a suggestion for a paper we
would be glad if you could contact either Professor W.E.Yates at
Exeter University (e-mail [log in to unmask]; telephone
01392-264337) or John Warren of Oxford Brookes University (home
telephone 01865-558986). An expression of general interest now (to
either of the above) will ensure that you are sent the programme
early next year in good time to enrol.
W.E.Yates and John Warren
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Papers Promised
Late 18th to mid-19th Century:
Professor Peter Branscombe: 'Hensler: the beginnings of parody in
Viennese popular theatre'
Dr Ian Roe: 'Ferdinand Raimund's *Moisasur*'
Professor Hans Hoeller: 'Franz Grillparzer'
Dr Birgit Pargner: 'Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer and 19th-century
commercial theatre in Vienna'
Dr Sarah Colvin: 'Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and the theatre'
Professor W.E. Yates: 'The rise of the one-act play'
'Jahrhundertwende' and early 20th Century:
Dr Robert Vilain: 'Wagner and Vienna'
Dr Gilbert Carr: 'The banning of *Waare* (Stoessl/Scheu) in 1897/98'
Professor Andrew Barker: 'Peter Altenberg and the theatre'
Emma Smith: 'Schoenherr's *Der Weibsteufel*'
Dr Judith Beniston: 'Max Mell' (or the Exl-Buehne)
John Warren: 'Theatre criticism in Vienna, 1918-1938'
>From the mid-1930s onwards:
Stefan Aichhorn: 'Die Aesthetik der Kellerbuehnen am Beispiel Jura
Soyfer'
Dr Ulrike Tanzer: '*Jedermann*: von Hofmannsthal und von Mitterer'
Dr Allyson Fiddler: 'Elfriede Jelinek'
Silke Hassler: 'Peter Turrini: the human tragedy as Austrian Comedy'
Stefan Krammer: 'Thomas Bernhard'
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