Volkstheater Vienna – Schedule, Program & Tickets
Since the Viennese Volktheater (then to distinguish it from other national platforms of the Dual Monarchy under the name Deutsches Volkstheater) was founded in 1889, the Viennese theater scene is still divided sharply by stalls: the Burgtheater is about reserved as an imperial private theater of the aristocracy. There is increasing the over voices calling for a German folk theater as decidedly bourgeois, even folk pictorial counterpart to the Court Theatre. There should be played alongside popular plays mainly classical and modern dramas ...
20
Sa 18:00
Rom - Premiere
nach William Shakespeare
nach William Shakespeare
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Director Luk Perceval is tackling a new, monumental Shakespearean undertaking 25 years after his spectacular BATTLES!, the legendary twelve-hour “Shakespeare Madness” (Die Zeit) at the Salzburg Festival, which brought together the eight royal dramas of the Wars of the Roses into one work: Shakespeare's Roman tragedies merged into a famous and complex work.
21
Su 18:00
Die Unbekannte aus der Seine
von Ödön von Horváth
von Ödön von Horváth
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Finally: Ödön von Horváth's wonderful, far too rarely performed, eerily beautiful crime comedy can be seen in a new production on a major Viennese stage after more than a quarter of a century. The film is directed by Anna Bergmann, known for her complex portraits of female roles.
Director Luk Perceval is tackling a new, monumental Shakespearean undertaking 25 years after his spectacular BATTLES!, the legendary twelve-hour “Shakespeare Madness” (Die Zeit) at the Salzburg Festival, which brought together the eight royal dramas of the Wars of the Roses into one work: Shakespeare's Roman tragedies merged into a famous and complex work.
29
Mo 19:30
Faust
Volkstheater, Neustiftgasse 1, 1070 Vienna
Volkstheater, Neustiftgasse 1, 1070 Vienna
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"What am I myself? What did I do? I collected and used everything that came to my mind, my ears, my senses. Thousands of individuals have contributed to my works, they all came and brought me their thoughts, their skills, their experiences; so I often reap what others have sown. My life's work is that of a collective being, and this work bears the name of Goethe." (Goethe 1832, a few weeks before his death)
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