{"id":1169,"date":"2019-01-03T19:43:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T19:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2019-01-03T20:15:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:15:22","slug":"introducing-hans-thies-lehmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/introducing-hans-thies-lehmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Hans-Thies Lehmann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"160\" data-attachment-id=\"1170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/introducing-hans-thies-lehmann\/lehmann1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann1.jpg?fit=250%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lehmann1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann1.jpg?fit=250%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann1.jpg?resize=250%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1170 alignnone\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann (b. 1944, Ehringshausen,\nGermany) is a distinguished theatre scholar and critic in his home country\nGermany as well as abroad. He was the University Professor for Theatre Studies\nat the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Franfurt am Main (1988-2010) and\nplayed a leading role in creating the major of Theatre Studies and the\nInstitute of Theatre, Film and Media Studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video 1<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N9MRt04lgV4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been Visiting Professor to Universities in various countries, such as The Netherlands, France, Lithuania, Poland, the U.K., Canada and the U.S.A. He has lectured in Brazil, Chile, China, Japan, Turkey, Egypt, Malta, among many other places. He has done dramaturgy for <em>B\u00fcchner<\/em> by Falk Richter (author and director) and for <em>Mount Olympus<\/em> by Jan Fabre. He has been invited as jury to well-known theatre festivals around the world (Frankfurter H\u00f6rspielpreis, M\u00fclheimer Dramatikerpreis, Grabbe-Preis, etc.) and has served in various official positions as well (including as advisor for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Theater-Festival Argos (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gtp.gr\/TDirectoryDetails.asp?ID=39177\" target=\"_blank\">Theater-Festival Argos<\/a> in Greece, for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Attis Theater Athens (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attistheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attis Theater Athens<\/a>, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Felix Meritis Foundation Amsterdam (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.annalindhfoundation.org\/members\/felix-meritis-foundation\" target=\"_blank\">Felix Meritis Foundation Amsterdam<\/a>, the theater group Angelus Novus, Schauspiel Bonn, Staatstheater Stuttgart, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" data-attachment-id=\"1171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/introducing-hans-thies-lehmann\/lehmann2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann2.jpg?fit=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,171\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lehmann2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;stdramatic Theatre, one of the most important theatre studies published in the last twenty years. To this date (2018) the book has been translated in 26 languages&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann2.jpg?fit=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann2.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1171\"\/><figcaption><em>Postdramatic Theatre<\/em>, one of the most important theatre studies published in the last twenty years. To this date (2018) the book has been translated in 26 languages<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been an important commentator on\nBrecht and Heiner M\u00fcller and has published several important books,\nnotably among them, <em>Postdramatic Theatre,<\/em> which has been translated in\n26 languages (!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"1172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/introducing-hans-thies-lehmann\/lehmann3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann3.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lehmann3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;In 2018, Prof. Lehmann was honored at the International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre, Cairo, Egypt and the Thalia Prize of the International Association of Theatre Critics (October 14, 2018, St Petersburg)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann3.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.critical-stages.org\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/01\/Lehmann3.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1172\"\/><figcaption>In 2018, Prof. Lehmann was honored at the International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre, Cairo, Egypt and the Thalia Prize of the International Association of Theatre Critics (October 14, 2018, St Petersburg)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, Prof. Lehmann was honored\nat the International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre, Cairo,\nEgypt and the Thalia Prize of the International Association of Theatre Critics\n(October 14, 2018, St Petersburg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video 2<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hans-Thies Lehmann Lecture on post-dramatic theatre 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/233114130?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Principal Publications<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Beitr\u00e4ge zu einer materialistischen Theorie der Literatur.<\/em> Ullstein 1977<\/li><li><em>Bertolt Brechts &#8220;Hauspostille&#8221; &#8211; Text und kollektives Lesen<\/em> (zus. mit Helmut Lethen). Metzler-Verlag 1978.<\/li><li><em>Theater und Mythos. Die Konstitution des Subjekts im Diskurs der antiken Trag\u00f6die<\/em>. Stuttgart 1991.<\/li><li><em>The Brecht Yearbook, Band 17<\/em>. Der Andere Brecht. University of Wisconsin Press 1992. (Editor,tog. with Renate Voris).<\/li><li><em>Arbeitsfelder der Theaterwissenschaft. Forum Modernes Theater<\/em>. Bd. 15, T\u00fcbingen 1994. (Editor, tog. with Erika Fischer-Lichte und Wolfgang Greisenegger).<\/li><li><em>Postdramatic Theatrer<\/em>. Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main 1999.<\/li><li><em>Das politische Schreiben. Essays zu Theatertexten<\/em>, Theater der Zeit Berlin 2002.<\/li><li><em>Heiner M\u00fcller Handbuch. Leben \u2013 Werk \u2013 Wirkung<\/em>. (Editor, tog. with Patrick Primavesi, Mitarbeit: Olaf Schmitt) Stuttgart 2003.<\/li><li><em>Theater in Japan.<\/em> Theater der Zeit Recherchen 64, Berlin 2009. (Editor, tog. with Hirata Eiichiro)<\/li><li><em>Popul\u00e4rkultur im Gegenwartstheater<\/em> (Hg. zus. mit Martina Gross, Berlin 2012)<\/li><li><em>Trag\u00f6die und dramatisches Theater<\/em>, Alexanderverlag Berlin (autumn 2013). Translation: <em>Tragedy and Dramatic Theatre<\/em>. Routledge 2016; Translation: <em>Tragedia y teatro dram\u00e1tico<\/em>. Mexico 2017.<\/li><li><em>Brecht lesen.<\/em> Theater der Zeit. Berlin 2016. Translation: <em>Leer a Brecht<\/em>. 2018<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann (b. 1944, Ehringshausen, Germany) is a distinguished theatre scholar and critic in his home country Germany as well as abroad. 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