Measure for Measure (in german) (Programme 2009)

Dates

• Friday, June 12, 2009, 20:00h
• Saturday, June 13, 2009, 20:00h

Description

director: Thomas Weber-Schallauer
set, costumes: Heike Neugebauer
music: Roland Techet

with: Tobias Dürre, Gunnar Haberland,
Peter Lüchinger, Heike Ronniger,
Erik Roßbander, Petra – Janina Schultz

2 hrs 30 minutes, including the interval

price category: A

Introduction 45 minutes before curtain-up

Lord Angelo has the reputation of being a man of strict and ascetic morals. As the absent Duke's representative, he and his vice squad take forceful action against the dissolute morals of the Viennese. Isabella, a young nun ,comes to plead with Angelo for the life of her brother, Claudio, condemned to death for pre-marital sex with his fiancée. This meeting will have fatal consequences. Lord Angelo offers the beautiful novice a dishonourable deal. Her brother will be pardoned if she agrees to sleep with him .........
Thomas Weber-Schallauer's inspired interpretation of Shakespeare's text has, 400 years later, lost none of its original suspense nor its relevance for our modern times.

NRW Premiere

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