Exciting before Krefeld for Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s grotesque
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Physicists: a cheerful look into the abyss of humanity
Einstein (Esther Keil), Möbius (Carolin Schupa) and Newton (Katharina Kurschat) do not dominate the situation in “The Physicists”.
Photo: Matthias Stutte / Moenchengladbach Theater / Matthias Stutte
Crefeld Recently, Russian President Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, and US President Biden linked it to the “Armageddon perspective”. Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s grotesque drama “The Physicists” was premiered in February 1962, as the Cold War was already heading towards the Cuban missile crisis.
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The show poses the question of the responsibility of science against the backdrop of the nuclear threat. Maja Delenić’s production was released in Mönchengladbach before the start of the war in Ukraine and has now premiered in Krefeld. Would the director have staged differently given the current situation?
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