A peça radiofônica alemã dos últimos sessenta anos

Abstract

This lecture deals with the development of the post-war radio drama in Germany. After a short introduction to the genre, we discuss three exemplary radio dramas: Günter Eich’s Träume, NWDR 1951, typical for the literary radio drama, and Träume 1951 - Musikalischer Epilog by Hans Schüttler, NDR 2007, a small play which could be considered as representative of contemporary German audio art. The last example comes from a radio drama following the current pop culture trends. Eisstadt (WDR 2005, by Schorsch Kamerun), mixes high and low culture, different speeches and music styles and shows the same political ambitions present in the play Träume. Recently, the German radio play has been going through a period of revitalization, even though under quite different conditions from those observed in the fifties.