Maria Stuart
by Friedrich Schiller
Maria Stuart
by Friedrich Schiller
Schiller's drama about the queens with a small cast. Open Air.
"Her life is my death, her death my life."
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, has been imprisoned in England for 19 years. Still in the dungeon, she is a constant threat to Queen Elizabeth of England; the British people are calling for Mary's head to finally have peace after decades of religious and political tension. Elizabeth is torn - having a queen executed seems like a portent for herself, as the winds of popular favor can shift at any moment. Religious delusion and political calculation are not only close to each other in "Mary Stuart", but are also inseparably linked with erotic and personal conflict. The struggle between politics and morality comes to a head in a personal conflict between the two queens. None of their actions can be merely personal; no step, no letter, no movement goes unseen. The private is political. High emotionality and deep loneliness are the driving forces of the characters in this concentrated version of Schiller's drama of the queens.
Featuring Saskia von Winterfeld, Wiebke Acton, Anselm Lipgens, Benjamin Krüger
Director: Carola Söllner / Costumes: Gabriele Kortmann / Stage: Thomas Lorenz-Herting / Music: Bernd Medek / Make-up: Emily Beilharz / Assistant Costumes: Andrea Krüger / Assistant Director: Rosanna Monga / Light: Fabian Siewert
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
Pauses
1
Web
(...) The production is carried by the excellent four-member ensemble, which creates a dense atmosphere. Eloquent are also the monochrome costumes with stylish borrowings from the Tudor period. The more uncomfortable the outfit, the more powerful the wearer. Elisabeth wears the highest shoes, but also trousers as a sign of her emancipation. The magnificent Saskia von Winterfeld plays Elisabeth with stunning nonchalance and ironic cleverness, but also shows her as a lonely queen. A feeling that Maria also knows only too well. Fabulously shot between passion, outer serenity and inner despair by Wiebke Acton.
Ulrike Borowczyk: Two queens and their loneliness, Berliner Morgenpost on 7.8.2021
Globe Berlin
Sömmeringstraße 1510589 Berlin
21.00 EUR - 26.00 EUR
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