The Hans-Reinhart-Ring (in French: ''Anneau Hans-Reinhart''; in Italian: ''Anello Hans Reinhart''; in Romansh: ''Anè da Hans Reinhart'') is a prestigious

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. Since 2014 it is part of the

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as the Grand Award for Theater/Hans Reinhardt Ring. Following a grant by the poet and

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Hans Reinhart (1880–1963), the ring honors a noted personality in the field. It was awarded since 1957 by the "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Theaterkultur" (''Société Suisse du Théâtre, Società Svizzera di Studi Teatrali, Societad Svizra per Cultura da Teater''). Unlike the

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, a new ring is custom made for each laureate. It is now awarded by the federal jury for theater, and given by a representative of the above-mentioned Swiss society for theater.

Laureates

*1957: Margrit Winter *1958:

Leopold Biberti Leopold Biberti (1894–1969) was a Swiss actor. Born as French, he got the Swiss citizens rights in 1920. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biberti, Leopold 1894 births 1960 deaths French emigrants to Switzerland ...

*1959:

Traute Carlsen Traute Carlsen (16 February 1882 – 22 November 1968) was a German stage and film actress. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Jewish Carlsen left Germany for Switzerland where she settled permanently. She was married to the Austrian ...

*1960: Käthe Gold *1961: Marguerite Cavadaski *1962:

Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton ...

*1963: Ernst Ginsberg *1964:

Michel Simon Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Maria Becker Maria Becker (28 January 1920, Berlin, Germany – 5 September 2012, Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland) was a German actress and director. Life and career After her parents, Maria Fein and Theodor Becker, divorced, Maria Becker lived with ...

*1966:

Max Knapp Max Knapp (13 November 1899 - 16 December 1979) was a Swiss film and television actor. Selected filmography * ''Der Kegelkönig'' (1942) * ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' (1942) * '' Polizischt Wäckerli'' (1956) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1960) * ''William T ...

*1967: Lisa Della Casa *1968:

Charles Apothéloz Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

*1969:

Leopold Lindtberg Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland. Hi ...

*1970:

Ellen Widmann Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena, and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: * Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress * El ...

*1971:

Rolf Liebermann Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999), was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also the artistic director ...

*1972:

Carlo Castelli Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

*1973:

Inge Borkh Inge Borkh (born Ingeborg Simon, 26 May 1921 – 26 August 2018) was a German operatic dramatic soprano. She was first based in Switzerland, where she received international attention when she appeared in the first performance in German of Menott ...

*1974:

Annemarie Düringer Annemarie Düringer (26 November 1925 – 26 November 2014) was a Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft. The daughter of a Swiss industrialist, she graduated from Cours Simon, Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Semi ...

*1975:

Charles Joris Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

*1976:

Dimitri Dimitri, Dimitry, Demetri or variations thereof may refer to: __NOTOC__ People Given name * Dimitri (clown), Swiss clown and mime Dimitri Jakob Muller (1935–2016) * Dimitri Atanasescu (1836–1907), Ottoman-born Aromanian teacher * Dimitri Ayo ...

*1977:

Max Röthlisberger Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (American dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (British dog), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of the OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

*1978:

Edith Mathis Edith Mathis (; 11 February 19389 February 2025) was a Swiss soprano known for her roles in List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart's operas. Early in her career, Cherubino in ''Le nozze di Figaro'' was her signature role that she perf ...

*1979:

Peter Brogle Peter Brogle (22 June 1933 – 27 March 2006) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 14 films between 1955 and 1987, including starring in the 1968 film '' Signs of Life'' by Werner Herzog, which won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of t ...

*1980: Philippe Mentha *1981: Ruodi Barth *1982:

Heinz Spoerli Heinz Spoerli (born 8 July 1940) is a Swiss dance maker, internationally known. After a long career as a ballet dancer and company director, he is now widely considered to be one of the foremost European choreographers of his time. Early life and ...

*1983: Reinhart Spörri *1984:

Ruedi Walter Rudolf "Ruedi" Walter (born Hans Rudolf Häfeli, 10 December 1916 – 16 June 1990), was a Swiss comedian, actor and radio personality usually starring in Swiss German-language cinema and television and stage productions. Early life and educati ...

*1985:

Benno Besson Benno Besson was a Swiss Theatre Director. Benno Besson (born René-Benjamin Besson; 4 November 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland – 23 February 2006 in Berlin, Germany) was a theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a ...

*1986: Annemarie Blanc *1987:

Werner Düggelin Werner Düggelin (7 December 1929 – 6 August 2020) was a Swiss theatre director. Life Provenance and early years Düggelin was born in Zürich. He grew up in Siebnen in the canton of Schwyz. Slightly unusually for the time, he was born int ...

*1988: Emil Steinberger *1989: François Rochaix *1990:

Gardi Hutter Gardi Hutter (born 5 March 1953 in Altstätten) is a Swiss Clown-comedian, author, actress and Cabaret artist and a clown of the classical rule. Life and career Born on 5 March 1953 in Altstätten, Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Gardi Hut ...

*1991:

Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz (; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Franc ...

*1992: (not awarded) *1993:

Paul Roland Paul Roland (born 6 September 1959) is an English singer-songwriter, author and music journalist. Roland typically writes his songs in the form of stories, often addressing historical figures, characters from literature and film, or his own cre ...

*1994:

Ketty Fusco Ketty Fusco (5 August 1926 – 18 February 2021) was an Italian-born Swiss actress, director, and writer. Biography At the age of five, Fusco's family was forced to leave Italy due to the rise of fascism and settled in Lugano. As a child, she was ...

*1995: Rolf Derrer *1996:

Mathias Gnädinger Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor. Career Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...

*1997:

Luc Bondy Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 – 28 November 2015) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Life and career upright=1.3, '' Charlotte Salomon'' at the Salzburg Festival 2014 Trained in Paris with the theatre teacher Jacques Lecoq, he received a jo ...

*1998: Werner Hutterli *1999: Gerd Imbsweiler and Ruth Oswalt *2000: Werner Strub *2001: Peter Schweiger *2002:

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*2003: Gisèle Sallin and

Véronique Mermoud Véronique can refer to: * Véronique (given name), a French female name * Véronique River, a river in the Côte-Nord region of the province of Quebec, Canada. * Véronique (rocket), a French sounding rocket * ''Véronique'' (operetta), compose ...

*2004: Brigitta Luisa Merki *2005:

Dominique Catton "Dominique" is a 1963 in music, 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by Belgian singer The Singing Nun, Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Do ...

*2006:

Roger Jendly Roger Jendly (born 8 March 1938) is a Swiss actor. He has appeared in 65 films and television shows since 1972. For his performance in Alain Tanner's '' The Woman from Rose Hill'', he got an European Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Per ...

*2007: Giovanni Netzer *2008:

Nadja Sieger Nadja Sieger (born May 22,1968 in Zürich) is a Swiss comedian, singer, writer, actress and producer, better known as ''Nadeschkin'' of the comedian duo Ursus & Nadeschkin. Life and career Born 1968 in Zürich, Nadja Sieger attended a Gymnasiu ...

, Urs Wehrli and Tom Ryser *2009: Jean-Marc Stehlé *2010:

Volker Hesse Volker Hesse (born 30 December 1944) is a German Theatre producer. Between 2001 and 2006 he was the Theatrical Director at Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theater. More recently he has been working in Switzerland. Life Volker Hesse was born in the Hun ...

*2011:

Christoph Marthaler Christoph Marthaler (17 October 1951) is a Swiss director and musician. Biography Born in Zurich, Marthaler initially studied music (recorder and oboe). At the end of the 1960s, he attended Jacques Lecoq's theatre school in Paris. Back in Sw ...

*2012:

Daniele Finzi Pasca Daniele is an Italian male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel. Danièle is also a French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle. The name "Daniel" originates from the Hebrew Bible and is associated with the prophet ...

*2013:

Yvette Théraulaz Yvette (, ) is a feminine given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases. Variations * Catalan: Ivet * Czech: Yveta * Dutch: Yvette, Yvet * English: Yvette, Yvet, Yvett * French: Yvet, Yvette * Germa ...

*2014: Omar Porras *2015:

Rimini Protokoll Rimini Protokoll is a German theatre group founded in 2000 by Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, and Daniel Wetzel. They create stage plays, interventions, scenic installations, and radio plays. Many of their works are characterized by interactivity a ...

with Stefan Kaegi

References

External links

The Theater Prizes on the FOC's website

The Swiss Grand prix Theatre/Hans Reinhardt Ring on the Swiss Theatre Awards website

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