Description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the upper two-thirds. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower third, in
black gothic script outlined red, red gothic script outlined black and in black gothic script. All set against white
background.
image: a three-quarter length depiction of a woman, her head turned in profile, standing over the dead bodies of two young men. She holds
on to a rifle in her left hand.
text: Volk in Not
Ein Deutsches Heldenlied von Karl Schönherr.
Aufführung unter dem hohen Protektorate
Sr. k.u.k. Hoheit des Herrn Erzherzogs Karl Stefan
zur Schaffung einer Kriegsinvalidenstiftung für oesterreichische Bühnenangehörige.
Deutsches Volkstheater, allabendlich vom 2. bis 9. Juli 1916.
Leitung: Hugo Thimig, k.u.k. Direktor des k.k. Burgtheaters, Regie: Otto Tressler, k.u.k. Hofschauspieler, Bühnenskizzen von k.k. Hofrat
Alfred Roller. Mitwirkende: Angehörige sämtlicher Wiener Bühnen.
Karten sind erhältlich: bei Hugo Heller, Kunst-und Buchhandlung, 1. Bauernmarkt 3 und an der Kasse des Deutschen Volkstheaters.
Steinzeichnung Ferd. Andri.
Druck A. Berger, Wien, VIII/2.
[A People in Need. A German epic (3 acts) by Karl Schönherr. Under the distinguished patronage of his Imperial and Royal Serene Highness
Archduke Karl Stefan for the creation of a War-Disabled Foundation for Austrian Theatre People. German Popular Theatre, nightly from 2 to 9
July 1916. Direction: Hugo Thimig, Imperial and Royal Director of the Imperial and Royal Burg Theatre, Production: Otto Tressler, Imperial
and Royal Court Actor, Stage set by Imperial and Royal Court Councillor, Alfred Roller. Cast: Members of all Viennese theatres. Tickets are
available from: Hugo Heller, I. Bauernmarkt 3 and the box office of the German Popular Theatre. Lithograph by Ferd. Andri. Printed by A.
Berger, Vienna, VIII/2.]
Physical description
A smaller version with slightly different text was also produced (see PST 6868).
Label
The poster advertises a performance of 'Volk in Not' [A People in Need] written by Karl Schönherr (1867-1943) in 1916.
The play, dealing with the Tyrolean struggle for independence from Austria from 1809-1910, was indicative of the tide of nationalist
sentiment spreading throughout the states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War. Schönherr, a native of the Tyrol, had
originally practiced as a physician in Vienna but in 1905 began writing humorous poems in the local Tyrolean dialect. His plays with their
strong connection with the Tyrolean landscape, history and traditions were performed in prestigious Viennese and German-speaking theatres
and brought the Tyrolean culture and cause of self-determination to a wide audience.