Karl Valentin
Karl Valentin (nama lahir Valentin Ludwig Fey, 4 Juni 1882 – 9 Februari 1948) adalah seorang pelawak, pementas kabaret, badut, pengarang dan produser film asal Bayern. Ia memiliki pengaruh signifikan pada budaya Jerman Weimar. Valentin membintangi banyak film bisu pada 1920an, dan terkadang dijuluki "Charlie Chaplin dari Jerman".[1] Karyanya memiliki pengaruh esensial pada artis-artis seperti Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot dan Helge Schneider.
| Karl Valentin | |
|---|---|
 Valentin dengan anjingnya Bopsi pada 1936 | |
| Lahir | Valentin Ludwig Fey 4 Juni 1882 Munich, Kekaisaran Jerman |
| Meninggal | 9 Februari 1948 (umur 65) Planegg, Bayern, Jerman Barat |
| Kebangsaan | Jerman |
| Pekerjaan | Pelawak, Pengarang, Produser film |
| Dikenal atas | sketsa dan puisi buatannya |
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Karya yang dikutip
sunting- Benjamin, Walter. 1983. Understanding Brecht. Trans. Anna Bostock. London and New York: Verso. ISBN 0-902308-99-8.
- Brecht, Bertolt. 1965. The Messingkauf Dialogues. Trans. John Willett. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. London: Methuen, 1985. ISBN 0-413-38890-5.
- Calandra, Denis. 2003. "Karl Valentin and Bertolt Brecht." In Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook. Ed. Joel Schechter. Worlds of Performance Ser. London and New York: Routledge. p. 189-201. ISBN 0-415-25830-8.
- Horwitz, Kurt "Karl Valentin in einer anderen Zeit," Stürzflüge im Zuschauerraum (Munich, Piper Verlag, 1970), pp. 16–17
- McDowell, W. Stuart. 1977. "A Brecht-Valentin Production: Mysteries of a Barbershop", in Performing Arts Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Winter, 1977), pp. 2–14.
- McDowell, W. Stuart. 2000. “Acting Brecht: The Munich Years," in The Brecht Sourcebook, Carol Martin, Henry Bial, editors (Routledge, 2000) p. 71 - 83.
- Schechter, Joel. 1994. "Brecht's Clowns: Man is Man and After". In Thomson and Sacks (1994, 68-78).
- Thomson, Peter and Glendyr Sacks, eds. 1994. The Cambridge Companion to Brecht. Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-41446-6.
- Willett, John. 1967. The Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: A Study from Eight Aspects. Third rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1977. ISBN 0-413-34360-X.
- Willett, John and Ralph Manheim. 1970. Introduction. In Collected Plays: One by Bertolt Brecht. Ed. John Willett and Ralph Manheim. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry and Prose Ser. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-416-03280-X. p.vii-xvii.
Referensi
sunting- ^ Michael Glasmeier, Karl Valentin: Der Komiker und die Künste (Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 198Michael Glasmeier, Karl Valentin: Der Komiker und die Künste (Monachium: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1987), str. 37.7), p. 37.
Pranala luar
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Karl Valentin.
- Karl Valentin Museum in Isartor, Munich
- Official Karl Valentin Page (german)
- You'll Laugh, You'll Cry
- Karl Valentin di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Film Comedy in the Weimar Republic at www.filmportal.de