Theaterverein Bayr. Hiasl Osterzell
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| Theaterverein Bayr. Hiasl Osterzell e. V. | |
| Founded | 1924 |
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| Members | 150 (as of 2016) |
| Legal form | Registered association (eingetragener Verein) |
| Member of | Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Kaltental |
| Country | Germany |
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| Links | |
| Website | theaterverein.osterzell.de |
Theaterverein „Bayrischer Hiasl" Osterzell e. V. is an amateur theatre group in Osterzell, district of Ostallgäu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1924, it is named after the poacher Matthias Klostermayr, known as the Bayerischer Hiasl, who was arrested in Osterzell in 1771, and regularly stages a historical folk play about him.[1][2]
History
In 1922 the villagers acquired, in exchange for goods in kind, scrolls with the story of the Bayerischer Hiasl, and in 1924 the theatre club was founded.[2] Until 1979 its home was the inn Zur Post, in whose parlour Klostermayr and his band had been captured on 14 January 1771; 37 plays were staged there, including the historical folk play Der Bayrische Hiasl in 1924, 1929 and 1939.[1][2] The scripts of the old play were lost after the Second World War. The former mayor Josef Fleschutz rewrote it from surviving role books and the memories of former actors; the new version was performed 24 times in 1967 before audiences from all over Bavarian Swabia and was revised for later revivals.[3]
In 1979 the club joined the Volksspielkunstverband Bayern (since 1996 the Verband Bayerischer Amateurtheater e. V.), and in 1980 it moved to the newly renovated parish barn (Pfarrstadl). The 1982 production of Der Bayrische Hiasl was seen by about 6,500 spectators in 20 performances; since then the club has staged a play every two years. In 1996 it premiered its own stage version of Georg Lohmeier's film Knecht bleibt Knecht. The club was entered in the register of associations in 2003, played on the open-air stage in Schongau for the first time in 2004, and performed a Hiasl play at the 4th German robbers' meeting (Räubertreffen) in Kissing in 2007. For its centenary in 2024 it staged Der Bayrische Hiasl again and published a chronicle.[2]
Repertoire
The club stages Bavarian folk plays and comedies, often adapted into the local Allgäu dialect, every second year around Easter; in 2016 about 50 of its roughly 150 members were involved in the production.[4] A youth group has staged children's plays and Christmas plays since 1988.[2]
| Year | Title | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | ||
| 1939 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | ||
| 1956 | Die Sonnleitner Bub'n | ||
| 1957 | Zwinserl’s Leichengeld | ||
| 1957 | Die schöne Müllerin | ||
| 1958 | Das Hirtenmädchen von Lourdes | ||
| 1958 | Anita das Findelkind | ||
| 1959 | Der Schwur an der Waldkapelle | ||
| 1963 | Alpenglühn | ||
| 1964 | Die Mühle im Birkengund | ||
| 1967 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | Josef Fleschutz | New version by Josef Fleschutz, 24 performances[3] |
| 1969 | Die Erbin von Schloss Dornegg | ||
| 1970 | Der Klosterschäffler von Ettal | ||
| 1971 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | Josef Fleschutz | |
| 1973 | G'schicht vom Brandner Kasper | ||
| 1974 | Vagabundenträume | ||
| 1975 | D'r Sündebock | ||
| 1976 | D' Hofmusikante | ||
| 1978 | D'r Hahn im Korb | ||
| 1979 | Das Heiratsgenie | ||
| 1982 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | Josef Fleschutz | 20 performances, about 6,500 spectators[2] |
| 1984 | Der ledig' Hof | ||
| 1986 | Die Pfingstorgel | ||
| 1988 | Spiel auf der Tenne | ||
| 1990 | Der Schimmelkrieg | ||
| 1992 | Der Brandner Kasper | ||
| 1994 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | Josef Fleschutz | |
| 1996 | Knecht bleibt Knecht | Own stage version of the film by Georg Lohmeier, script by Hannelore Fleschutz[2] | |
| 1998 | D'r alt Engel | ||
| 1999 | Das Haupt des Holofernes | ||
| 2000 | Zecil | ||
| 2002 | Die Pfingstorgel | ||
| 2004 | Der Schusternazl | ||
| 2006 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | Josef Fleschutz | |
| 2008 | Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus | Johann Nestroy | |
| 2010 | Der Ruepp | ||
| 2012 | Der Sternsteinhof | ||
| 2014 | Der Brandner Kaspar | ||
| 2016 | Die Kurpfuscherin | Hans Pfitz | Bavarian folk comedy by Hans Pfitz, adapted into Allgäu dialect[4] |
| 2018 | Der Revisor | after Nikolai Gogol | |
| 2024 | Der Bayrische Hiasl | Josef Fleschutz | Centenary production[2] |
Venue
Since 1980 the club has performed in the Pfarrstadl (parish barn) in Osterzell; before that, from 1924 to 1979, at the inn Zur Post.[2][4]
Awards
In 1993 the club received the Ostallgäuer Mundartpreis, the dialect prize awarded by the Mundartkreis Ostallgäu.[2][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Osterzell, Gasthaus „Zur Post", Literaturportal Bayern, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Kurzchronik, Theaterverein Bayr. Hiasl Osterzell e. V., retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Josef Fleschutz, Literaturportal Bayern, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Theaterverein Osterzell bringt "Die Kurpfuscherin" auf die Bühne, Kreisbote, March 2016, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Mundartkreis Ostallgäu, Literaturportal Bayern, retrieved 26 October 2026. Archived on 27 October 2026.