Biedermann und die Brandstifter
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- Schauspielbühnen in Stuttgart: Komödie im Marquardt, Bolzstraße 4, 70173 Stuttgart
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A lesson without a lesson by Max Frisch
Few plays reflect the way we deal with current problems - from right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism to the threat of war and economic decline - as interestingly as "Biedermann and the Arsonists".
Although there are urgent warnings throughout the city about destructive fires, the entrepreneur Gottlieb Biedermann invites two suspected arsonists into his house. Instead of defending himself against the obvious danger, he hopes that he can persuade the criminals to spare his family and his property by making a friendly concession.
The story of citizen Gottlieb Biedermann is one of Swiss playwright Max Frisch's best-known plays. The legendary Berlin critic Friedrich Luft described the play as a "grotesque worldview with humor, irony and deeper meaning". Since its premiere in 1958, it has been an integral part of the repertoire of German-speaking theaters - and has just become more topical again. The parable-like "lesson without a lesson" shows the consequences that trustlessness, a cowardly willingness to compromise and false consideration can have for our society.
Peter Bause and Hellena Büttner, who are among the best-known German film and television actors of their generation, return to our theater as Mr. and Mrs. Biedermann, where they were last celebrated in "Jeder stirbt für sich allein".