Choir: The Choir of the Ancients is to be placed in centre position. (enters) It shall be approved.

S: He’s so like Milli Elsinger.

M: And she’s been dead for a hundred years now.

S: That’s what I meant.

N: This old poetry with its grand ideas – wouldn’t it require a meatier, weightier presentation?

S: Only the lightest one will do! […] The actors clearly act for very different purposes. Mind you, I’ve been told that about Zurich as well. A mixture of styles in this sell-out period, and that’s quite what I’ve observed here.

J: And, one might add – a sell-out period exhibiting pieces from all countries and times, imagining the most diverse styles for them without ever finding its own. But you can’t act or play in such a mixture of styles! That’s why we need a model book that everyone has to stick to.

N: Model book, that means quoting. Let’s quote and copy indeed!

M: But, to quote Mick Levcik, what about the creative side if we used a model book?

In celebration of the 125th birthday of Helene Weigel, and following the screening, Sophie Rois and others will discuss Bertolt Brecht‘s Antigone model (1948), and explain how René Pollesch and the ensemble had accessed the material for the production of Bühne frei für Mick Levcik! in 2015.