Karl Valentin

Japanese: ファレンティン（英語表記）Karl Valentin

1882‐1948
German vaudeville performer and author. His real name was Valentin Ludwig Fey. He was born in Munich. He initially took over the family business as a carpenter, but around 1908 he distinguished himself as a comedian in the Munich vaudeville (cabaret) world. He wrote and performed all of his plays, monologues, dialogues, and kuppres, and he also made his own stage sets and instruments. His works are characterized by his use of the Bavarian dialect and his wordplay that ignores normal thinking and idiom. However, his works do not simply generate laughs; they also offer a glimpse into the instability of human existence by lifting the veil of common sense from everyday subjects, which is also related to the theater of the absurd.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1882‐1948
ドイツの寄席芸人，作家。本名ファイValentin Ludwig Fey。ミュンヘン生れ。はじめ家業の建具職を継いだが，1908年ころからミュンヘンの寄席(キャバレー)界で喜劇役者として頭角を現す。芝居，モノローグ(独白)，ディアローグ(対話，問答)，クップレなど，いずれも自作自演のうえ，舞台装置や楽器も自分で作った。バイエルン方言の使用と通常の思考，通常の語法を無視した言葉遊びに特徴がある。しかしそれは単に笑いを生むだけではなく，ごく日常的な題材から常識のベールを剝ぐことによって人間存在の不安定さを垣間見させるもので，不条理演劇にも通じている。

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