Reiner Uthoff
{{Short description|German writer and stage director (1937–2024)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1937|09|19}}
| birth_place = Bielefeld, Gau Westphalia-North, Germany
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| nationality = German
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Stage director
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| education = University of Freiburg
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Reiner Uthoff (19 September 1937 – 5 June 2024) was a German writer and stage director.{{cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/1042638977.html|title=Uthoff, Reiner|work=Deutsche Biographie|language=German}}
Biography
Born in Bielefeld on 19 September 1937,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1679437/|title=Reiner Uthoff|work=IMDb}} Uthoff studied economics and sociology at the University of Freiburg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.{{cite book |last=Budzinski|first=Klaus|date=1985|title=Das Kabarett : 100 Jahre literarische Zeitkritik, gesprochen, gesungen, gespielt|trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NtJbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Reiner+Uthoff%22+%2B+%221937%22|language=German|location= |publisher=ECON Taschenbuch Verlag|page=257|isbn=9783612100375}} He presented his dissertation, titled "Kabarett als Mittel der öffentlichen Meinungsbildung", in 1964. The following year, he founded the Rationaltheater alongside his wife, Sylvia, and his classmates, Horst Reichel and Ekkehart Kühn.{{cite news|last=Hochkeppel|first=Oliver|date=5 June 2024|title=Nonkonformist des Kabaretts|trans-title= |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/reiner-uthoff-nachruf-rationaltheater-schwabinger-kabarett-lux.7gNDczGCVMxNThXASPQ5ry|language=German|location=Munich|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|access-date=9 June 2024}} He was the father of {{ill|Max Uthoff|de}}.{{cite news |last=Habel|first=F.-B.|date=9 November 2020|title=Deutsches Kabarett – so oder so lachhaft!|trans-title= |url=https://das-blaettchen.de/2020/11/deutsches-kabarett-%E2%80%93-so-oder-so-lachhaft-54772.html|language=German|work=Das Blättchen|location= |access-date=9 June 2024}}
Works
- Über den Bahnen der Raubvögel (1962)
- Gottes Speise ist Konfetti: 36 Gedichte ad pias causas (1962)
- Vom säugling zum bückling. Erziehung in der BRD (1972)
- Über die Unverhältnismäßigkeit von Verbrechen und Strafe in einem sozialen Rechtsstaat – Der Fall Rudolf G (1972)
- Die drei Säulen des Kapitalismus. Unterdrückung = „Knast“. Justiz = „Bonn Hur“. Ausbeutung = „Wer beschiss Salvatore“. Drei Programme vom Münchner Rationaltheater
- Tatort Vatikan (1998)
- Das Gaga Lexikon. 1000 Grundbegriffe der Politik (1998)
References
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External Links
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Category:German theatre managers and producers
Category:University of Freiburg alumni