Paul Plamper
Artaud se souvient d’Hitler et du Romanische Café
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Direction, Paul Plamper
Light Ulrich Eh
Sound, Alexander Bramann
Costumes and Make up, Barbara Naujok
Production Berliner Ensemble
Corealisation Théâtre du Rond-Point (Paris) ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Part of the Tandem Paris-Berlin, organised for the 25 years of friendship between the cities of Paris and Berlin
Partnership with France Inter
at the Berliner Ensemble (Berlin)
On December 3, 1943, Antonin Artaud, author of the Theatre of cruelty, wrote a short note to Adolf Hitler “in memory of the Romanische Café”. This encounter, which probably never took place, inspired Tom Peuckert with a monologue, partly farcical and partly tragic, reflecting on the visionary power of art and the need for humaneness. Martin Wuttke leads the performance.
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