Wilfried Happel (born 2 July 1965) is a German writer and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

Life

Born in Nuremberg, Happel studied

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and philosophy in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

and

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. He writes

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s, stories,

radio play Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine t ...

s and

film scripts ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC Two, BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-televi ...

. His theatre text ''Stück mit zehn Titeln'' was published by in 2006. He staged Artheater in Cologne as a guest performance in the Theatre Der Keller ''Schluss mit Schubert!'' in Berlin, ''Der Spaziergänger'' after Robert Walser at the

Hebbel am Ufer The Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) is a theater and international performance center based in Berlin. It was founded by combining three theaters in Kreuzberg, Berlin: Hebbel Theater (now called HAU1), Theater am Halleschen Ufer (theater at Hallesches Ufer) ( ...

in 2000. Happel regularly works on the

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

off-theatre stage "Theater Ensemble".

Theater plays (selection)

* ''Das Schamhaar'' (UA Bühnen der Stadt Köln 1994) * ''Mordslust'' (UA Bühnen der Stadt Köln 1995) * ''Fressorgie oder Der Gott als Suppenfleisch'' (UA Autorenspektakel Hannover 2000) * ''Der Nudelfresser'' (UA Deutsches Theater, Berlin 2000) * ''In-Contenance'' (Off-UA Berlin 2001) * ''Geliebter Mars'' (Off-UA Potsdam 2002) * ''Die Wortlose'' (UA Gostner Hoftheater, Nürnberg 2002) * ''Mein Onkel Bob'' (UA Staatstheater Nürnberg 2003) * ''Die Nebelmaschine'' (Theater Ensemble) * ''Fischfutter'' (UA Stadttheater Bremerhaven 2005) * ''Stück mit zehn Titeln'' (UA Theaterwerkstatt Würzburg 2017) * ''Neukölln-Teheran'' * ''Der Liebesakt''

Bibliography

* Franziska Schößler:Franziska Schößler
/ref> ''Augen-Blicke: Erinnerung, Zeit und Geschichte in Dramen der neunziger Jahre.'' Narr, Tübingen 2004 (Forum modernes Theater, 33), chapter 3.1.3, , ("Wilfried Happel, John von Düffel - Autistische Familienspiele")

References

External links

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