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Dark comedy with music

What's funny about this comedy? "A comedy is a tragedy without corpses". Only according to this definition can The Merchant of Venice be called a comedy.


Shakespeare allows us to experience in an impressive way, as only in the royal dramas, how social existence shapes consciousness. A modern state that sees itself as a place of humanism risks failing because of its own rules.

The Shakespeare Company Berlin sees exciting parallels to today's Europe and ventures far into politics.
Using the tried and tested means of rapid transformation, comedic, popular acting and music, they examine the difficult relationship between individual rights and state reason and make a sensual plea for the power of grace that grows from love.

language: German
Additional information
We do apologize that the following information is currently only available in German.
Participating artists
Miriam Braunstein (Bühne)
Michael Günther (Regie)
Raimund Klaes (Licht&Technik)
Gabriele Kortmann (Kostüm)
Christian Leonard (Übersetzung)
Tamara Zenn (Maske)
Kim Pfeiffer
Vera Kreyer
Benjamin Plath
Stefan Plepp
Oliver Rickenbacher
Thilo Herrmann
Dates
August 2024
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