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Ein-Mensch-Theater (German: Mensch "human being") is a German expression for a traveling theater, within the owner is writer, director, stage designer, performer and sometimes even his own tour manager in one person.
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Origin
The term was coined by Natias Neutert after his performance (The poet stumbles into the open) at Schauspielhaus Bochum during a panel discussion with Peter Zadek
Goal
His intention was going to replace the worn and partial label one-man show by a label under which both males and females could find equally.
Exponents
Dario Fo, Robert Kreis, Johnny Melville, Natias Neutert and Franca Rame became famous exponents as this type of theater in Europe.
References
One-Mensch-Theater Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA