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The '''Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V.''' is an amateur theatre association in [[wikipedia:Murnau am Staffelsee|Murnau am Staffelsee]] in the district of [[wikipedia:Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)|Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], Upper Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1902, it is one of the oldest ''Bauerntheater'' (rural folk theatre) groups in Bavaria and stages one Bavarian comedy each year in the hall of the Griesbräu inn in Murnau.<ref name="home" /><ref name="chronik" />

== History ==
The Murnauer Bauerntheater grew out of the Bürgertheater-Gesellschaft Murnau on the initiative of its chairman, Josef Fürst. Its first performance, the [[wikipedia:Folk play|folk play]] ''Der Dorflump'' by Hermann Haas, was given on 20 July 1902 and repeated for the 20th anniversary on 10 September 1922. In 1907 the players rehearsed ''Die schöne Mirzl'', the first play by Max Dingler, under the author's direction. Performances were held in a wooden hall at the Griesbräu-Keller and, in 1903, in the Postsaal; in 1912 the stage moved to the gymnasium built in 1905 by Emanuel von Seidl, and it was refitted again in 1933.<ref name="chronik" />

After the Second World War little remained of the earlier equipment, and the theatre was re-founded in 1954 as a section of the sports club TSV Murnau. In 1973 and 1977 it gave guest performances for patients of the Murnau trauma clinic and the Höhenried clinic. The 75th anniversary was celebrated in 1977 in the hall of the newly built Kurgästehaus, which became the theatre's home in 1978. In 1979 the members founded their own registered association, the Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., which joined the Bayerischer Landesverein für Heimatpflege.<ref name="chronik" />

For the 80th anniversary in 1982 the long-standing director Stefan Schalch revived ''Die schöne Mirzl''. The production was recorded before an audience by [[wikipedia:Bayerischer Rundfunk|Bayerischer Rundfunk]] from 16 to 18 November 1982, directed for television by Andreas Lippl, and broadcast on 26 June 1983. In the following years the group rehearsed two to three plays a year. After Schalch's death in 1986 Franz Fischer took over as director; in May 1998 Fischer and several players left to found a theatre association of their own.<ref name="chronik" /> For its centenary the group staged Dingler's ''Der rote Rucksack''.<ref name="chronik" />

== Repertoire ==
The group stages Bavarian folk plays and comedies; today it puts on one play a year, given six performances in spring.<ref name="home" /><ref name="chronik" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Productions (incomplete)<ref name="chronik" />
! Year !! Title !! Author !! Notes
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| 1902 || ''Der Dorflump'' || Hermann Haas || First performance, 20 July 1902
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| 1907 || ''Die schöne Mirzl'' || Max Dingler || Directed by the author
|-
| 1922 || ''Der Dorflump'' || Hermann Haas || 20th anniversary, 10 September 1922
|-
| 1977 || ''Der wundertätige Antonie'' || Richard Hanz and Jenny Dreher || 75th anniversary, Kurgästehaus
|-
| 1982 || ''Die schöne Mirzl'' || Max Dingler || 80th anniversary; recorded for Bavarian television
|-
| 1992 || ''Lenz, wo bleibst denn?'' || Ulla Kling || 90th anniversary, 24 October 1992
|-
| 2002 || ''Der rote Rucksack'' || Max Dingler || Centenary
|-
| 2022 || ''Dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt'' || Markus Scheble and Sebastian Kolb || <ref name="a2022" />
|-
| 2024 || ''Ach du lieber Gott'' || Cornelia Wilinger || <ref name="a2024" />
|-
| 2025 || ''Hypnose im Bauernschrank'' || Andrea Döring, Bavarian version by Wigg Wimmer || <ref name="a2025" />
|-
| 2026 || ''Da lacha ja d'Hehna'' || Andreas Kirner and Thomas Leibig || Premiere 21 March 2026<ref name="home" />
|}

== Venue ==
The performances take place in the hall of the Griesbräu inn in Murnau, whose staff provide catering.<ref name="home" /> Earlier venues included the gymnasium built by Emanuel von Seidl (from 1912) and the hall of the Kurgästehaus (from 1978).<ref name="chronik" />

== Organisation ==
In 2010 the group took part in the regional ''Kulturknall'' festival with a short play on the island of Wörth in the [[wikipedia:Staffelsee|Staffelsee]], depicting the settlement of the region by Celts, Romans and Christians.<ref name="verschiedenes" />

== References ==
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<ref name="home">[https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/ Aktuelles im Murnauer Bauerntheater], Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20260712024517/https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/ Archived] on 12 July 2026.</ref>
<ref name="chronik">[https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/galerie-and-chronik Galerie & Chronik], Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021111227/https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/galerie-and-chronik Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="a2022">[https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/archiv-2022 Archiv 2022], Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021111254/https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/archiv-2022 Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="a2024">[https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/archiv-2024 Archiv 2024], Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021111324/https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/archiv-2024 Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="a2025">[https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/archiv-2025 Archiv 2025], Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021111401/https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/archiv-2025 Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="verschiedenes">[https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/verschiedenes Verschiedenes], Original Murnauer Bauerntheater e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021111429/https://www.murnauer-bauerntheater.de/verschiedenes Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
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