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Baudelaire, Charles

Becker, Susan

Bishop, Sarah

Borok, Mark

Cho, Vivienne

Coelho, Malcom

Cohen, Emliy

Crawford, Martha

Damkoehler, William

Eisler, Hanns

Frith, Heather

Gold, Bill

Guttman, Edward

Heerens, Holly

Hemingway, Ed

Johnson, Anne

Keefer, Don

Komacker, Molly

Mollica, Eugene

Oestreicher, Charles

Prevert, Jacques

Provost, Caroline

Sellers, Susan

Stehr, Carsten

Stout, Georgie

Taborska, Agnieszka

Talbot, Michelle

Unger, Susan

Verlaine, Paul

Zimmerman, Michael

English

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Rhode Island School of DesignDigitalCommons@RISDPrograms RISD Cabaret 1987-2000Winter 2-6-1988The Golden Age of European CabaretAgnieszka TaborskaRhode Island School of Design, atabor@risd.eduWilliam DamkoehlerRhode Island School of DesignAnne JohnsonRhode Island School of DesignSusan SellersRhode Island School of DesignGeorgie StoutRhode Island School of DesignSee next page for additional authorsFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programsPart of the Acting Commons, Art Education Commons, Dance Commons, Fashion DesignCommons, Fine Arts Commons, French Linguistics Commons, German Language and LiteratureCommons, History Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Music Commons, Other Arts andHumanities Commons, Other French and Francophone Language and Literature Commons, OtherLanguages, Societies, and Cultures Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons,Performance Studies Commons, Playwriting Commons, Russian Literature Commons, and theTheatre History CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the RISD Cabaret 1987-2000 at DigitalCommons@RISD. It has been accepted for inclusion inPrograms by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@RISD. For more information, please contact mpompeli@risd.edu.Recommended CitationTaborska, Agnieszka; Damkoehler, William; Johnson, Anne; Sellers, Susan; Stout, Georgie; Borok, Mark; Zimmerman, Michael; Gold,Bill; Oestreicher, Charles; Guttman, Edward; Provost, Caroline; Hemingway, Ed; Heerens, Holly; Mollica, Eugene; Unger, Susan;Talbot, Michelle; Bishop, Sarah; Coelho, Malcom; Frith, Heather; Baudelaire, Charles; Verlaine, Paul; Prevert, Jacques; Keefer, Don;Cohen, Emliy; Crawford, Martha; Becker, Susan; Eisler, Hanns; Komacker, Molly; Cho, Vivienne; and Stehr, Carsten, "The GoldenAge of European Cabaret" (1988). Programs. 2.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs/2AuthorsAgnieszka Taborska, William Damkoehler, Anne Johnson, Susan Sellers, Georgie Stout, Mark Borok, MichaelZimmerman, Bill Gold, Charles Oestreicher, Edward Guttman, Caroline Provost, Ed Hemingway, HollyHeerens, Eugene Mollica, Susan Unger, Michelle Talbot, Sarah Bishop, Malcom Coelho, Heather Frith,Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Jacques Prevert, Don Keefer, Emliy Cohen, Martha Crawford, SusanBecker, Hanns Eisler, Molly Komacker, Vivienne Cho, and Carsten StehrThis book is available at DigitalCommons@RISD: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/liberalarts_cabaret_programs/2I,IN*‘ VM,__A\‘t‘__‘_J_vWJ_,_QPO‘_,_'K_‘_2kM,“,__‘nJ‘‘H__ _v_w‘’_*_‘‘I _|__. |‘VThe Cellar in the Pitat theRhode Island School of DesignpresentsPrologueProfessorRath' Mark Borok The Golden Age of Euro ean CabaretAngst: Michael Zimmerman The 1910.8 and ZOEa student cabaretHercegovinaA folk woo The Company Memorial Hall May 6,7,0, teasThe Turn-of-the-CenturyThe tum-of-the-century. What the French call le fin-desiecle, the immediate decades on either side of thechanges in the centuries; like 1990 ('88 is close enough) to 2010 perhaps and cerainly like 1890 to 1910the last time around, has the spiritually uncertain amd confused quality of being simultaneously an endand a beginning.Out of the oil-smooth spirit of the two last decades of the nineteenth century, suddenly, nhmughoutEurope, there rose a kindling fever. Nobody knew exactly what was on the way," nobody was ableto say whether it was to be a new art, a New Man, a new morality orperhaps a re-shuffling ofsocietySo everyone made of it what he liked Butpeople were standing up on all sides to fight against theold way of life...lhe Superman was adored, and the Subman was adored; health and the sun were worshipped and thedelicacy of consumptive girls was worshipped, andpeople were enthusiastic hero-worshippers andenthusiastic adherents of the social creed of the Man in the Street one had faith and was sceptical.One was naturalistic andprecious, robust and morbid; one dreamed ofancient castles and shadyavenues, autumnal gardens, glassy ponds, jewels, hashish, disease and demonism, but also ofpran'es,vast horizons, forges and rollirig-mills, naked wrestlers, the uprisings of the slaves of toil, manand woman in the primeval Garden, and the destruction of society...But in reality all this had blended into shimmering signicance. This illusion, which found itsembodiment in the magical date of the tum of the century, was so powerful that it made some hurlthemselves enthusiastically upon the new, as yet untrodden century, while others were having alast ing in the old one, as in a house that one is moving out ofanyway, without either one or theother party feeling that there was much difference between the two attitudes.Robert Musil, Man Without OualitiesIf then, in the selections for this firi-de-siécle cabaret you find a cacaphony of confused and con-tradictory voices, some nostalgic, some sprinting forward, some quaint, and some frightening, pleaseunderstand that they emerge out of the fever of that time. That ‘s the history of it. It's temptingin the face of a century ago to wonder what our own fin-de-siecle will look like a century hence.And some would say that the real tum of the last century was not 1900 but 1914. That was when me |:ina|eFirst World War destroyed the old order in Europe once and for all. So we begin with the beautiful agonyof the dying Austro-Hungarian Empire (poor Franz Joseph), by way of a last fling in Paris, and in Alabama Songfrom the The Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyWeimar Berlin of the 1920's with prernonitions of the horrors of the new order to come. Music by Kurt WeillBaruch Kirschenbaum The CompanyPart OneEmperor Franz Joseph's ViennaThe Eleventh HourThe Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweikby Jaroslav HasekLieutenant Dub: Bill GoldPvt. Schweik: Charles OestreicherThe Last Days of Mankindby Karl KrausWaiter: Edward GuttmanGrumblerz Caroline ProvostMajor Battledash : Ed HemingwayLa ZarinaA Newspaper Story by Peter AltenbergPeter Altenberg: Charles Oestreicher‘A. L..': Eugene MollicaA Letter Concerning the Death ofPeter Altenberg'Fini D.': Susan UngerThe Prison Diary of Egon SchieleAn ExcerptEgon Schielez Bill GoldThe Last Days of Mankindby Karl KrausChamberlain on the right: Michelle TalbotChamberlain on the left: Caroline ProvostEmperor Franz Joseph: Holly HeerensMusic: Don Keefer and Sarah BishopPart TwoParisLes Annees Fo//esAristide Bruant welcomes the audienceMalcolm CoelhoCeux Oui Font La ChoseA Cabaret Song by Heather FrithFrench PoetryHeadings from: Charles BaudelairePaul VerlaineJacques Prevertby Mark BorokMichael ZimmermanThe Banana DanceJosephine Baker:Treva OffutEugene MollicaEdward GuttmanCharles OestreicherTwo Poemsby Natalie Clifford BameyN.C. Bamey: Susan UngerA Song in the style ofa Parisian Cabaret SongWritten and Performed by Sarah BishopGymnopedie No. OneTwo classical guitar selections by Erik Satietranscribed by Don KeeferSchottishby Heitor Villa-LobosDon KeeferIf I Told HimA Completed Portrait of PicassoA Poem by Gertrude SteinGertrude Stein: Emily CohenParadeA Cubist Ballet with costumes by Pablo PicassoInterpretation: Martha CrawfordThe CompanyPart ThreeBe rl i nBerliner NachtI Have Murdered Dear Auntie A/icelch hab meine Tante geschlachtetA Ballad by Frank WedekindSusan BeckerMusic: Don KeeferThe Love MarketA Song with lyrics by Benoit Brecht and music by Hanns EislerSinger: Molly KomackerSurabaya JohnnyA Song by Kurt WeillSinger: Vivienne ChoSong To The WorldA Poem and Writings by George GroszGeorge Grosz: Carsten Stehr/ch bin von Kopfbis Fuss aufLiebe eingeste//tA Song also known as Falling in love Againfrom Joseph von Stemberg's film, The Blue AngelLola-Lola: Vivienne ChoFinaleAlabama Songfrom the The Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyMusic by Kurt WeillThe CompanyDirected by Vllliam DamkoehlerLiterary consultant: Szymon BojkoMusic director: Don KeeferChoreography: Cynthia StricklandCostume consultant: Susan BeckerProduction coordinator: Wendy CoxPhotography: Lisa BuckleVideo production: Jessica Mc GonaglePoster and program design: Anne Johnson, Susan Sellers, Georgie StoutCostume Construction: Martha CrawfordPlacards, Props: Vivienne Cho, Francisco Garay, Robert Jason, Erik Johnson, Clara Kim, Emily PakJohn Polizzi,Vaiva Ulenas, Courtney WeidieTechnical Crew: Elisabeth Scheidl, Christie EbochOrchestra: Don Keefer, guitar; Marguerite White, recorder; Jessica Mc Gonagle, percussion.The cast and crew gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Undergraduate Board ofthe Rhode lsland School of Design and the Liberal Arts Division.“pr WA‘‘i"‘ T ~sQim.“Q.QwasWe also wish to express our gratitude to: Nanette Budden, Andrzei Czeczot (New York),Marguerite Dorian, Edward Dwyer, Friedrich St. Florian, Mel Gordon (New York), BaruchKirschenbaum, Tomasz Kuczborski (Warsaw), Ewa Kuryluk (New York), Elena von Moller,William Newkirk, Tom Oller (Brown), Dorothy Pieniadz, Sylvie Toux (Brown), DavidWilson and the RISD Library Staff.From the Trinity Repertory Company our special thanks to the Electrics Department, WilliamLane, Marilyn Salvatore and Robert Schleinig.Note:All of the material used in tonight's production is adapted from the actual works of the artistsrepresented. The poets, playswrights, artists, composers, dancers, satirists, joumalists,lyricists, designers and cabaret personalities depicted tonight all lived and worked in Europeduring the first two decades of the twentieth century. The characters of Professor Rath, Angstand Lola-Lola are freely based on characters in Joseph von Stemberg's 1930 film, The BlueAngel. Al-

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