Europäische Träume: Überlegungen zu Europanarrativen der Moderne

Nate, Richard

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“…71 But, as Richard Nate states: 'Da das Federal Theatre Project eine staatliche Institution war, vertrug sich solches nach Ansicht der Bundesregierung nicht mit der Neutralitätspolitik der USA.' 72 Brüning goes into more detail:…”

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“…73 As a consequence, the heads of WPA insisted 'dass in den Living-Newspaper-Produktionen fortan keine ausländischen Staatsvertreter mehr auf der Bühne dargestellt werden durften.' 74 Although Harry Hopkins had once promised a 'free, uncensored, adult theatre', 75 the FTP had to obey: 'Taking the WPA at their word, the Federal Theatre switched away from international problems and aimed at the domestic scene.' 76 Accordingly, it seems obvious that Toller's 'Forget Europe!'…”

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Ernst Toller's Living Newspapers and the Federal Theatre Project

Pilz

2022

German Life and Letters

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During his first trip to the US in 1929 Ernst Toller was impressed by the Newsreel cinemas of William Fox. In his words – ‘die Zeitung ist lebendig geworden’ – the films were a sort of ‘living newspaper’. He tried to write such a ‘Living Newspaper’ in his first radio play Berlin, letzte Ausgabe! (1930), as well as in one of his last texts for the stage which was found among his literary remains: ‘Forget Europe!’ is a short concept paper he wrote for Hallie Flanagan's Federal Theatre Project (FTP) in the late 1930s. This article compares the different conceptions of the FTP's ‘Living Newspaper’‐plays with Toller's own ideas about bringing the news to the stage. Reflecting on Toller's poetics, I trace why the exiled author ultimately failed to finish his ‘Living Newspaper’ for the FTP.

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