Reguła Volksbühne, Faust Goethego i prawdziwa historia. Z Frankiem Castorfem rozmawia Thomas Irmer
The Volksbühne Rule, Goethe’s Faust, and a True Story: Frank Castorf in conversation with Thomas Irmer

Summary/Abstract: Thomas Irmer speaks with Frank Castorf about Faust(Volksbühne in Berlin, premiere: 3.03.2017). Castorf mentions his fascination for Goethe and explains his dramaturgical strategies for the performance. The story of the staging leads to political and historical topics: the history of colonialism (primarily France’s conquest of Algeria in the first half of the nineteenth century) and the significance of Volksbühne for Berlin. The director recalls the socio-political backdrop at the turn of the 1980s and 90s, when he assumed direction of the Volksbühne, and ponders what East Germany meant to him in its relationship to West Germany.

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