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The Man Outside
Premiere on 5 October 2024Schauspielhaus, Großes HausSchauspiel
Dates
Mon, 02.12. / 19:30 – 21:15
Schauspiel
by Wolfgang Borchert Direction: Adrian Figueroa
Schauspielhaus, Großes Haus
Sat, 28.12. / 19:30 – 21:15
Schauspiel2:1 Weihnachtsaktion
by Wolfgang Borchert Direction: Adrian Figueroa
Schauspielhaus, Großes Haus
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About the play
Sergeant Beckmann returns home from the war. This »relentless plague« has left him exhausted and world-weary. However, not only the man returning home has changed, home itself is no longer what it was: his child has been killed by a bomb, his marriage is ruined, his parents who loyally supported the regime have taken their own lives and the Colonel doesn’t want to know about Beckmann’s mental injuries. Traumatised, he is left to come to terms on his own with the feelings of responsibility he has for the death of his former comrades in a world where he no longer feels at home.
Wolfgang Borchert, an opponent of the Nazis, died in 1947. He based »The Man Outside« on his own experiences as a soldier during World War Two. At the same time the play, which he wrote with feverish intensity in a few days, raises universal questions. It catalogues the mental state of someone who is haunted by war, his relationships with other people and the collapse of his faith in the world.
The director Adrian Figueroa, who recently directed »The Fire Raisers« and »Work and Structure« for Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and his team will relate these issues to the present today.
Wolfgang Borchert, an opponent of the Nazis, died in 1947. He based »The Man Outside« on his own experiences as a soldier during World War Two. At the same time the play, which he wrote with feverish intensity in a few days, raises universal questions. It catalogues the mental state of someone who is haunted by war, his relationships with other people and the collapse of his faith in the world.
The director Adrian Figueroa, who recently directed »The Fire Raisers« and »Work and Structure« for Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and his team will relate these issues to the present today.
Besetzung
Beckmann Raphael Gehrmann
The Other Sonja Beißwenger
A Woman Pauline Kästner
A Colonel Florian Lange
A Cabaret Director Thiemo Schwarz
Frau Kramer Claudia Hübbecker
A Street Sweeper Markus Danzeisen
Direction Adrian Figueroa
Stage Design Irina Schicketanz
Costume Design Malena Modéer
Music Ketan Bhatti
Video Benjamin Krieg
Collaboration Video Elena Tilli
Light Konstantin Sonneson
Dramaturgy David Benjamin Brückel
Dauer
1 hour 45 minutes — no break
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