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'''Paul Pörtner''' (25 January 1925 – 16 November 1984) was a German playwright, '''Paul Pörtner''' (25 January 1925 – 16 November 1984) was a German playwright,
novelist, translator, and editor. novelist, translator, and editor.


== Life ==


After completing a directorial apprenticeship at the municipal theatre of his native

], from 1951 Pörtner studied philosophy, plus German and French
=== Life ===
literature, at the ]. He later continued his studies

in ]. In 1958 he began earning a living as a professional author, and from
After doing an apprenticeship as director at the municipal theatre in his native town
1976 on was permanently employed by ] in ] as a
of Wuppertal, Paul Pörtner began studying philosophy, and German and French
director of ].
literature at the University of Cologne in 1951.Later on he continued his studies
in France. In 1958 he began earning his living as a professional author, and from
1976 on he was permanently employed by Norddeutscheunk Hamburg as a
director of radio plays.
His short stories and novels very often deal with “losers” – as a very young man, His ] and ] very often deal with social outsiders and the disadvantaged – as a young man,
he himself became handicapped while at war. His work shows Paul Pörtner to be a he himself became physically handicapped during ]. His work shows Pörtner to be a
writer who was deeply drawn to the burlesque as well as having his characters act in writer who was also deeply drawn to ], in which his characters act in desperate and irrational ways. He also consistently uses experimental language and ].
desperate ways. He loved experimental language and word play.
His interest in avant-garde theatre led him to embrace the theories of ], ] and ]. In addition, through his stage work as director and playwright he fell under the charm of ], as well as the ] of ] and ]. In 1963 Pörtner wrote the interactive play ''Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie'' in which the audience takes a leading role. This was first performed the same year at ], and at least seventy-five other German theatres followed suit.
His interest in avant-garde theatre led him to the theories of Jacob Levy Moreno,

Antonin Artaud and Erwin Piscator. However, through his work on stage as director
In the ] ''Scherenschnitt'', rewritten and titled '']'', became the longest-running, non-musical play in USA stage history. Productions in eighteen other countries have made ''Scherenschnitt'' an international hit: with the exception of ]'s '']'', Pörtner's interactive play is currently the longest-running play in the world.
and playwright he fell under the charm of the comedia dell`arte, Kurt Schwitters or
Alfred Jarry. In 1963 Paul Pörtner invented the interactive play Scherenschnitt oder
Der Mörder sind Sie where the audience takes over the leading role. It premiered
the same year at the Ulmer Theatre, and thereafter, 75 German-speaking theatres
followed. In the USA Scherenschnitt, entitled Shear Madness, became the longest
running play ever done in American history. Eighteen productions in other countries
have made Scherenschnitt a singular international hit: following Agatha Christie`s
Mouse Trap, Paul Pörtner`s interactive play is the longest running play around the
world.
In addition to 17 theatre plays, Pörtner wrote more than 20 radio plays that are still In addition to his seventeen theatre plays, Pörtner wrote more than 20 radio plays that are still influential in the German-speaking world.
influential in this typically German genre.



=== Selected works ===

===== Publications =====

* Sternbild Selbstbild. Poems. Wuppertal 1958

* Schattensteine. Poems. Wuppertal 1958

* Wurzelwerk. Poems. Wuppertal 1960

* Experiment Theater. Chronik und Dokumente. Chronicles and documents. Zürich 1960

* Tobias Immergrün. Novel. Köln 1962

* Sophie Imperator. Drama. Köln 1964

* Scherenschnitt. Kriminalstück zum Mitspielen. Stage-play. Köln 1964

* Gestern. Novel. Köln 1965

* Einkreisung eines dicken Mannes. Erzählungen, Beschreibungen, Grotesken. Tales. Köln 1968

* Spontanes Theater. Erfahrungen, Konzepte. Essays. Köln 1972


===== Plays =====

* Mensch Meier oder Das Glücksrad, 1959

* Variationen für zwei Schauspieler, 1960

* Sophie Imperator, 1961

* Drei, 1962

* Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie, 1963

* Spielautomat, 1967

* Mascha, Mischa und Mai. Stage-play for children, 1968

* Börsenspiel, 1970

* Kontaktprogramm, 1971

* Interaktionen, 1971

* Test Test Test, 1972

* Polizeistunde, 1975

* Halt Dich da raus, 1975

* Tierspiel, 1978


===== Radio Plays =====

* Was sagen Sie zu Erwin Mauss? Einkreisung eines dicken Mannes. NDR 1968

* Scherben bringen Glück. WDR 1970

* Alea. WDR/BR/SDR 1969 / 1971

* Dadaphon. Hommage à Dada. WDR 1974

* Comeback. Portrait einer Frau die singt. SR/NDR/BR 1977

* Einmischung erbeten. HR 1977

* Blitzlicht. HR 1980

* Radio-Erinnerungen. NDR 1983


===== Translations =====


== Selected works ==
* Alfred Jarry: König Ubu. Zürich 1959


=== Publications ===
* Pablo Picasso, Jean Tardieu: Der Raum und die Flöte. Variationen zu 12
Zeichnungen. Zürich 1959


* ''Sternbild Selbstbild''. Poems. Wuppertal 1958
* Jean Tardieu: Kammertheater. Neuwied 1960
* ''Schattensteine''. Poems. Wuppertal 1958
* ''Wurzelwerk''. Poems. Wuppertal 1960
* ''Experiment Theater. Chronik und Dokumente''. Chronicles and documents. Zürich 1960
* ''Tobias Immergrün''. Novel. Köln 1962
* ''Sophie Imperator''. Drama. Köln 1964
* ''Scherenschnitt. Kriminalstück zum Mitspielen''. Stage-play. Köln 1964
* ''Gestern''. Novel. Köln 1965
* ''Einkreisung eines dicken Mannes. Erzählungen, Beschreibungen, Grotesken''. Tales. Köln 1968
* ''Spontanes Theater. Erfahrungen, Konzepte''. Essays. Köln 1972


=== Plays ===
* André Frénaud: Quelle der Quellen. Neuwied 1962


* ''Mensch Meier oder Das Glücksrad'', 1959
* Jean Tardieu: Professor Froeppel. Köln 1966
* ''Variationen für zwei Schauspieler'', 1960
* ''Sophie Imperator'', 1961
* ''Drei'', 1962
* ''Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie'' ('']''), 1963
* ''Spielautomat'', 1967
* ''Mascha, Mischa und Mai''. Stage-play for children, 1968
* ''Börsenspiel'', 1970
* ''Kontaktprogramm'', 1971
* ''Interaktionen'', 1971
* ''Test Test Test'', 1972
* ''Polizeistunde'', 1975
* ''Halt Dich da raus'', 1975
* ''Tierspiel'', 1978


=== Radio plays ===


* ''Was sagen Sie zu Erwin Mauss? Einkreisung eines dicken Mannes''. NDR 1968
* ''Scherben bringen Glück''. WDR 1970
* ''Alea''. WDR/BR/SDR 1969 / 1971
* ''Dadaphon. Hommage à Dada''. WDR 1974
* ''Comeback. Portrait einer Frau die singt''. SR/NDR/BR 1977
* ''Einmischung erbeten''. HR 1977
* ''Blitzlicht''. HR 1980
* ''Radio-Erinnerungen''. NDR 1983


=== External Links === === Translations ===


* Alfred Jarry: ''König Ubu''. Zürich 1959
* ], ]: ''Der Raum und die Flöte. Variationen zu 12 Zeichnungen''. Zürich 1959
* Jean Tardieu: ''Kammertheater''. Neuwied 1960
* André Frénaud: ''Quelle der Quellen''. Neuwied 1962
* Jean Tardieu: ''Professor Froeppel''. Köln 1966


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Latest revision as of 16:09, 5 June 2022

German writer (1925–1984)

Paul Pörtner (25 January 1925 – 16 November 1984) was a German playwright, novelist, translator, and editor.

Life

After completing a directorial apprenticeship at the municipal theatre of his native Wuppertal, from 1951 Pörtner studied philosophy, plus German and French literature, at the University of Cologne. He later continued his studies in France. In 1958 he began earning a living as a professional author, and from 1976 on was permanently employed by Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg as a director of radio plays.

His short stories and novels very often deal with social outsiders and the disadvantaged – as a young man, he himself became physically handicapped during World War II. His work shows Pörtner to be a writer who was also deeply drawn to burlesque, in which his characters act in desperate and irrational ways. He also consistently uses experimental language and wordplay.

His interest in avant-garde theatre led him to embrace the theories of Jacob Levy Moreno, Antonin Artaud and Erwin Piscator. In addition, through his stage work as director and playwright he fell under the charm of commedia dell'arte, as well as the absurdism of Kurt Schwitters and Alfred Jarry. In 1963 Pörtner wrote the interactive play Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie in which the audience takes a leading role. This was first performed the same year at Theater Ulm, and at least seventy-five other German theatres followed suit.

In the United States Scherenschnitt, rewritten and titled Shear Madness, became the longest-running, non-musical play in USA stage history. Productions in eighteen other countries have made Scherenschnitt an international hit: with the exception of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, Pörtner's interactive play is currently the longest-running play in the world.

In addition to his seventeen theatre plays, Pörtner wrote more than 20 radio plays that are still influential in the German-speaking world.

Selected works

Publications

  • Sternbild Selbstbild. Poems. Wuppertal 1958
  • Schattensteine. Poems. Wuppertal 1958
  • Wurzelwerk. Poems. Wuppertal 1960
  • Experiment Theater. Chronik und Dokumente. Chronicles and documents. Zürich 1960
  • Tobias Immergrün. Novel. Köln 1962
  • Sophie Imperator. Drama. Köln 1964
  • Scherenschnitt. Kriminalstück zum Mitspielen. Stage-play. Köln 1964
  • Gestern. Novel. Köln 1965
  • Einkreisung eines dicken Mannes. Erzählungen, Beschreibungen, Grotesken. Tales. Köln 1968
  • Spontanes Theater. Erfahrungen, Konzepte. Essays. Köln 1972

Plays

  • Mensch Meier oder Das Glücksrad, 1959
  • Variationen für zwei Schauspieler, 1960
  • Sophie Imperator, 1961
  • Drei, 1962
  • Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie (Shear Madness), 1963
  • Spielautomat, 1967
  • Mascha, Mischa und Mai. Stage-play for children, 1968
  • Börsenspiel, 1970
  • Kontaktprogramm, 1971
  • Interaktionen, 1971
  • Test Test Test, 1972
  • Polizeistunde, 1975
  • Halt Dich da raus, 1975
  • Tierspiel, 1978

Radio plays

  • Was sagen Sie zu Erwin Mauss? Einkreisung eines dicken Mannes. NDR 1968
  • Scherben bringen Glück. WDR 1970
  • Alea. WDR/BR/SDR 1969 / 1971
  • Dadaphon. Hommage à Dada. WDR 1974
  • Comeback. Portrait einer Frau die singt. SR/NDR/BR 1977
  • Einmischung erbeten. HR 1977
  • Blitzlicht. HR 1980
  • Radio-Erinnerungen. NDR 1983

Translations

  • Alfred Jarry: König Ubu. Zürich 1959
  • Pablo Picasso, Jean Tardieu: Der Raum und die Flöte. Variationen zu 12 Zeichnungen. Zürich 1959
  • Jean Tardieu: Kammertheater. Neuwied 1960
  • André Frénaud: Quelle der Quellen. Neuwied 1962
  • Jean Tardieu: Professor Froeppel. Köln 1966

External links

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