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Hamletmachine (German: Die Hamletmaschine) is a postmodernist drama by German playwright and theatre director Heiner Müller, loosely based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare. It was written in 1977, and is related to a translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet that Müller undertook.
Heiner Müller (German: [haɪnɐ mʏlɐ]; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre .
Die Hamletmaschine is an opera composed by Wolfgang Rihm to a German-language libretto based on Heiner Müller's 1977 play of the same name. The libretto, subtitled Musiktheater in 5 Teilen (Music Drama in 5 parts), was written by the composer. The opera was written between 1983 and 1986 and premiered on 30 March 1987 at the Nationaltheater ...
Pages in category "Plays by Heiner Müller" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Hamletmachine; M.
Opheliamachine is a postmodernist drama by the Polish-born American playwright and dramaturg, Magda Romanska.Written in the span of ten years, from 2002 to 2012, the play is a response to and polemic with the German playwright Heiner Mueller's Hamletmachine (in German, Die Hamletmaschine).
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During his studies in East Germany he was significantly influenced by Heiner Müller. [ 1 ] Returning to Greece, he worked first in Thessaloniki, and then from 1978 with the National Theatre of Northern Greece , in which he directed four plays, and was the director of its associated drama school from 1981 to 1983.
Notable productions in the late 1970s and 1980s include the American premiere of two of Heiner Muller’s plays, Hamletmachine [3] in 1984 and Quartett [4] in 1985; and Buried Child [5] by Sam Shepard in 1978.