Sönke Ehlert
KOLK 17 gGmbH
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Mephisto
Fritz Fey sen.
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1912 - 1986
Fritz Fey Sr. only started puppeteering in 1945 and travelled with a mobile hand puppet theatre. In 1947, his wife Ingeborg Fey joined him and the two of them were now able to work in a more complex way. Marionettes soon replaced the hand puppets. Fritz Fey Sr. wrote the plays himself or adapted existing ones. Initially, he also carved them himself and later sculpted his puppets. In 1968, he opened the first puppet theatre museum in Schmilau, in the format of a “retirement home for puppets”. In 1977, Fey Sr. opened the Lübecker Marionettentheater at Kolk No. 20/22. Fritz Fey Sr. died in 1986.<br class="linefeed" /><br class="linefeed" /> (24.06.2025, EF)
Dated
Date of origin: ca. 1983
Geographical reference
Place of origin: Germany / Lübeck
Material / technique
Wood, carved, polychromed
Textile, sewn
Dimensions
Object dimension:
52 x 19 x 9 cm
Weight:
0,7 kg
Puppet volume: 54 x 22 x 23 cm
Acquisition note
Estate Lübeck Marionette Theater, Fritz Fey Sr. 2016
Creditline
KOLK 17 Figurentheater & Museum, Lübeck
Inventory no.
LMT0202
Keywords
Europe
Faust
Manipulation from the bridge
Devil
Performance by concealed performer
Object description
The marionette represents the character “Mephisto” from the play “Goethe's Urfaust”. This play was staged for marionettes by Fritz Fey senior and premiered in Lübeck on May 1, 1983. The speakers in the play were well-known actors from Lübeck's municipal theater. Subjects such as Faust are still popular themes for puppet plays today. The special feature of these figures is that Fritz Fey senior tried to make the puppets' heads in particular more abstract and modern. (22.11.2024 MP)
Object history
The marionettes from the play “Goethe's Urfaust” were made by Fritz Fey senior at the Lübeck Marionette Theater and came to the KOLK 17 Collection in August 2016 via the Fey estate (22.11.2024 MP).
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