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Humor und Melodie
(Humor and Melody),
September 1943



The premier of this Revue takes place on September 4th 1943 inaugurating Westerbork's newly rebuilt stage.

But the yellow stars, worn even on the actor's costumes, remain a sobering reminder that there's more at stake here than cabaret.

It's no accident that, compared to the previous production, the number of persons involved has grown by considerable proportions; Max Ehrlich also has included numerous talented non-professionals in the troupe, both on-stage and behind the scenes. Everybody realizes that - even if only temporarily - being part of the production means safety from transport to the extermination camps in the East. So the Theater Group now includes pretty much all the positions normally found in a professional theater production.

The program contains 18 scenes, many of them based on Westerbork camp life.

With only limited exceptions, the speaking roles are held by German actors; in fact, German is the only language permitted on-stage by the camp commandant.


The program lists 18 scenes:

1. "ROLL CALL! ROLL CALL!" (The full cast) 
"APPELL! APPELL!" (Das Ensemble)

2. MAX EHRLICH SPEAKS A FEW INAPPROPRIATE WORDS
MAX EHRLICH SPRICHT EIN PAAR UNPASSENDE WORTE

3. E.H.B.U. (Camilla Spira )
E.H.B.U. (Camilla Spira)

4. "YOU MUST SPECIFY THAT FOR ME!" (Max Ehrlich - Hermann Feiner)
"DAS MUST DU MIR SPEZIFIZIEREN !" (Max Ehrlich - Hermann Feiner)

5. "I FELL IN LOVE DURING A WALTZ..." A Scene from the Year 1880 (Esther Philipse, Jonas Blumenzweig, and the dance troupe)
"ICH HAB' MICH BEI EINEM WALZER VERLIEBT..." Ein bild aus dem Jahre 1880 (Esther Philipse, Jonas Blumenzweig und das Tanzensemble)

6. THE PATIENT (Max Ehrlich - Hermann Feiner)
DER PATIENT (Max Ehrlich - Hermann Feiner)

7. "WHEN A LITTLE PACKAGE ARRIVES" (Camilla Spira and the Dance Troupe)
"WENN EIN PAKETCHEN KOMMT" (Camilla Spira und das Tanzensemble)

8. OPIUM... (Hermann Feiner - Heinz Rosenfeld)
OPIUM... (Hermann Feiner - Heinz Rosenfeld)

9. "V" AND "O.D". (Camilla Spira and Günther Witepski)
"V" UND "O.D." (Camilla Spira und Günther Witepski)

10. "WE ARE SENDING RECORDS" Max Ehrlich in his Record Imitations (The Annoncer: Hermann Feiner, the Assistant: Max Ehrlich)
"WIR SENDEN SCHALLPLATTEN" Max Ehrlich in seinen Schallplattenkopien (Der Ansager: Günther Witepski, der Gehilfer: Max Ehrlich)

11. ON THE HEATH (The Full Cast)
AUF DER HEIDE (Das Ensemble)

         (INTERMISSION)

12. "ALWAYS SLOWLY, ALWAYS SLOWLY.." A Stagecoach tale from the Biedermeier Period (The Driver: Max Ehrlich, the Love birds: Mara Rosen, Günther Witepski)
"IMMER LANGSAM, IMMER LANGSAM.." Ein Postkutschenidyll aus der Biedermeierzeit (Der Postkutscher: Max Ehrlich, das Pärchen: Mara Rosen, Günther Witepski)

13. "DEAR KIND DRUMMER MAN" (Esther Philipse - Maurice van Cleef)
"LIEBER GUTER SCHLAGZEUGMANN" (Esther Philipse - Maurice van Cleef)

14. EHRLICH'S THUNDERING SHOW OF JOKES (Max Ehrlich, Mara Rosen, Hermann Feiner, Günther Witepski, Heinz Rosenfeld)
EHRLICH'S TONENDE WITZSCHAU (Max Ehrlich, Mara Rosen, Hermann Feiner, Günther Witepski, Heinz Rosenfeld)

15. "YOU'RE LONG SINCE THINKING OF SOMEBODY ELSE..." (Camilla Spira)
DU HAST SCHON LÄNGST EINE ANDERE IM SINN..." (Camilla Spira)
  
  
16. WILLY ROSEN - ERICH ZIEGLER
WILLY ROSEN - ERICH ZIEGLER

17. WE'RE GOING TO SCHOOL (Pupils: Max Ehrlich, Hermann Feiner, Ulla Gross, Catherina Frank, Lotte Heider, Beatrice Lissauer, Ruth Pagener, Hannalore Cahn, the Teacher: Günther Witepski)
WIR GEHEN IN DIE SCHULE (Schuler und Schulerinnen: Max Ehrlich, Hermann Feiner, Ulla Gross, Catherina Frank, Lotte Heider, Beatrice Lissauer, Ruth Pagener, Hannalore Cahn, der Lehrer: Günther Witepski)

18. GOOD NIGHT (The full cast)
GUTE NACHT (Das Ensemble)


The performers named in the
program are:

- Hannelore Cahn
- Catherina Frank
- Ulla Gross
- Lotte Heider
- Beatrice Lissauer
- Ruth Pagener
- Esther Philipse
- Mara Rosen
- Camilla Spira
- Jonas Blumenzweig
- Maurice van Cleef
- Max Ehrlich
- Hermann Feiner
- Willy Rosen
- Heinz Rosenfeld
- Günther Witepski
- Erich Ziegler

Orchestra:

- Arthur Durlacher,
direction
- Maurice van Cleef
- N. Slier
- Simon Hangjas
- Wolf Drukker
- J. Gokkes
- M. Cantor
- J. Goudsmit
- N.J. van Ploeg
- J. de Vries
- J. Barendse
- Jean Freund

Also named:

- Grete Schliesser,
dress design for Camilla Spira
- Fritz Bernhard,
material delivery for the costumes;
costume design for "Drummer Man"
- Michel Cauverien,
hair dresser; costumes and wigs for the stage coach scene
- Simon Dekker-Dickson,
dances
- Eugen Frankenstein,
room set-up
- Leo Kok,
scenery design
- Hans Krieg,
dance and stage rehearsal
- I. Landa,
costume maker for "Drummer Man"
- I. Lipinsli,
hair dresser
- Herbert Levkowicz,
decoration execution
- Joska Levkowitz,
costume maker for "Drummer Man"
- Hans Margules,
scenery design
- Stefan Schlesinger,
design for the stage
- Richard Türkel,
technical director





 

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