Theater heute

*Theater heute*
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Categories	Theatre magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Friedrich Berlin Verlag GmbH
Founder	Erhard Friedrich; Henning Rischbieter;
Founded	1960; 64 years ago
First issue	Summer 1960
Country	Germany
Based in	Berlin
Language	German
Website	Theater heute
ISSN	0040-5507
OCLC	1773450

Theater heute (German: Theatre Today) is a German language monthly magazine with a special focus on theatre. The magazine is based in Berlin, Germany, and has been in circulation since 1960.

History and profile

Theater heute was founded in 1960.^[1] The first issue appeared in Summer of that year, and its founders were Erhard Friedrich und Henning Rischbieter.^[2]^[3] The magazine is published on a monthly basis by Friedrich Berlin Verlag GmbH based in Berlin.^[1] It features articles on theater performances in Germany and in other countries.^[4]^[5] It is one of the German publications which extensively published reviews about the work by Samuel Beckett and also, the German translations of his plays.^[6]

The cofounder of the magazine, Henning von Rischbieter, was also its founding editor-in-chief.^[3] Peter von Becker also served as the editor-in-chief of Theater heute in the late 1980s.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Barbara F.H. Allen (2001). "German studies: journals and magazines". Collection Building. 20 (2): 54–73. doi:10.1108/01604950110388699.
^ "Über Theater heute" (in German). Der Theater Verlag. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Theaterkritiker Henning Rischbieter ist tot". Nacht Kritik. 22 May 2013. p. de. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ David Barnett (2005). Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the German Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-521-85514-3.
^ Anne Bogart (2003). A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre. London; New York: Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-134-55689-2.
^ Jack Zipes (Spring–Summer 1982). "Beckett in Germany/Germany in Beckett". New German Critique (26): 155. doi:10.2307/488028. JSTOR 488028.
^ Bonnie Marranca; Gautam Dasgupta (1989). "The Culture of Perestroika". Performing Arts Journal. 11–12 (3–1): 205. doi:10.2307/3245437. JSTOR 3245437. S2CID 192314643.

External links

Official website
Media related to Theater heute at Wikimedia Commons

[fha-1] Barbara F.H. Allen (2001). "German studies: journals and magazines". Collection Building. 20 (2): 54–73. doi:10.1108/01604950110388699.

[2] "Über Theater heute" (in German). Der Theater Verlag. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[nachtk-3] "Theaterkritiker Henning Rischbieter ist tot". Nacht Kritik. 22 May 2013. p. de. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[4] David Barnett (2005). Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the German Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-521-85514-3.

[5] Anne Bogart (2003). A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre. London; New York: Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-134-55689-2.

[6] Jack Zipes (Spring–Summer 1982). "Beckett in Germany/Germany in Beckett". New German Critique (26): 155. doi:10.2307/488028. JSTOR 488028.

[7] Bonnie Marranca; Gautam Dasgupta (1989). "The Culture of Perestroika". Performing Arts Journal. 11–12 (3–1): 205. doi:10.2307/3245437. JSTOR 3245437. S2CID 192314643.

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