“On the Seduction of Angels”
Marc Cabourdin and Irene Christ | PERFORMANCE PHOTOS
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An evening with erotic poems, scenes from plays and songs
written by BERTOLT BRECHT and composed by KURT WEILL.
Entertaining, romantic, cheeky, funny, sexy, melancholic…
Brecht is one of the modern German classics – a genius
for language!!!
20th and 21st of March 2004 at the Music
Room at St. James Cavalier, Valletta
All performances start at 8pm
Bertolt Brecht / music by Kurt Weill
Cast: Irene Christ, Marc Cabourdin
Producer: Irene Christ, Julian Manduca
Director: Frank Hörner
Piano and Musical Coach: Rosetta Debattista
Costumes: Jasmina Reljic
Poster, Programme: Zvezdan Reljic
For St. James: Chris Gatt
Special thanks to Andy Hamflett!!
Bertolt Brecht (1898 – 1956), is a modern German classic
dramatist, well known for plays like ‘The Threepenny
Opera’, ‘The Life of Galileo’, ‘Mother
Courage’ and others. The importance of his poetic work
has only began to be realised since his death. Brecht’s
style of writing has a certain directness and simplicity,
he was a genius for language. He left Germany when Hitler
came to power in 1933, lived in exile for many years in Scandinavia
and in the United States. After his return to Germany in 1947
he and his wife and main actress Helene Weigel founded the
’Berliner Ensemble’ and chose to live in the socialistic
part of Germany. He criticised capitalism but was also disappointed
about the way the "real socialism" turned out to
be.
These are the more well known facts about Brecht… not
so well known though are his beautiful, funny, melancholic,
romantic, very direct, erotic poems.
Actinghouse Production wants to focus on the aspect of love
and erotic in Brecht’s work. German actress Irene Christ
and Maltese actor Mark Cabourdin are going to present some
of his best poems, some scenes out of his plays as well as
songs written by Brecht and composed by Kurt Weill. Rosetta
Debattista plays the piano. Frank Hörner is coming over
from Düsseldorf to direct the show. The audience might
remember his directions of Fo and Rame’s "The Open
Couple" and Ibsen’s "The Lady from the Sea".
Expect an entertaining evening with some surprises…
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