O skrzatach domowych i kanibalach
Of Household Imps and Cannibals

Summary/Abstract: A review of Shakespeare's The Tempest directed by Maja Kleczewska for the Deutsches Spielhaus in Hamburg (premiere: 23.01.2014). Anna Teuwen points out the incoherence of the play's concept, hovering between an attempt to build deep psychological portraits of the characters, and references to current political events. The staging references both the protests in Hamburg in December 2013 against the expulsion of African refugees from Germany and German National Socialism, as well as policies toward Gastarbeiter. The author notes, however, that "what is meant to be critical in Kleczewska's work is inconsequential and seems forced." The concluding appearance of "a sort of unity" of the characters in the face of inevitable downfall is judged as interesting, however.

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