Synopsis

Joseph Ferdinand Kringsteiner’s 19th-century burlesgue of Othello written in the Viennese dialect for the popular Viennese stage. The play is set among the servant class of Vienna: Mussi Cassio is a stupid, drunken barber from the country; Othello, Roderigerl, and Jackerl (Iago) are all servants of the wealthy Viennese Herr von Nascherl, and Desdemonerl’s father, Wastl, is his house-porter. Othello’s expedition consists in his being sent to the Viennese suburb Wieden, where he is to deal with peach thieves in Nascherl’s garden and to function as a scarecrow.

Language

German (Austria)

Country

Austria

Medium

Television

Transmission details

18 May 1996 (Channel: ORF/2)

Duration

55 mins

Credits

Director

Gandolf Buschbeck

Writer

Joseph Ferdinand Kringsteiner

Cast

Hermann Thimig
Hugo Gottschlich
Inge Konradi
Lotte Ledl
Richard Eybner

Additional Details

Theatre

Burgtheater, Vienna

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); burlesgues

Notes

History

A television recording of a staging at the Burgtheater, Vienna. The transmission date cited may be a repeat date; the date of the Burgtheater production has not been ascertained.

Reviews

Draudt, Manfred. ‘Committing Outrage against the Bard": Nineteenth-Century Travesties of Shakespeare in England and Austria’, The Modern Language Review, Vol. 88, No. 1 (Jan., 1993), pp. 102-109.

Production Company

Name

ORF

Email

kundendienst@orf.at

Web

http://ORF.at/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+43 (01) 87878-0

Address

Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Radio & Television (ORF)
Würzburggasse 30
Vienna
A-1136
Austria

Archive

Name

Österreichische Mediathek

Web

http://www.mediathek.at External site opens in new window

Phone

+43-1/5973669-20

Fax

+43-1/5973669-25

Address

Abteilung des Technischen Museums Wien
Marchettischlössl
Gumpendorfer Strasse 95
1060
Vienna