Der Grossinquisitor - Schedule, Program & Tickets

The parable-like story of the Grand Inquisitor occupies a special place in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's monumental late work THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOW. This is set in 16th century Spain and is about the return of Jesus Christ, who threatens to become a victim of the Inquisition carried out in his name. The Grand Inquisitor's monological speech, which deals with ethical-moral and religious-philosophical problems, will be brought to the stage of the Academy Theater by Barbara Petritsch. Taking up the theme of loneliness and the associated search for God, the introduction begins with Lotte's monologue WRONG CONNECTED from Botho Strauss' play BIG AND SMALL. The combination of these literary masterpieces creates an evening that dares to address existential questions of meaning and, in this regard, sees the theater as an ideal space to search for answers.

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