Gretchen 89ff. Theatre Persiflage by Lutz Hübner

Atlasttheateragain! Butthenpleasealsothewayitshould be:liveandinfrontofanaudience.
Andplayedasitshould be.

Yeah, buthow’sthat? Likeyou’veseenit before? Howdidtheauthorthinkitwould be?
LikeAristotle, GeorgeII. Brecht, StanislavskyorStrasbergtaughtit? Orgenderfluid,
politicallycorrect, multimedia, experimental?

Let’stakealook behindthescenes, attheoriginsoftheatreintoday’stimes!
Orratherseveralglancesatonce. Becausewhatkindofcharacterscancollideandhow
thesametextual basiscanbe usedfordifferentresults, thatiswhatLutzHübnerscreaming
comicallycapturedinanentertainingsequenceofscenesthatseemstobecabaret-likeoverdrawn, but
isprobablynotsofarremovedfromtherealityofprofessionaltheatrehereandthere.

There’sthepainlinedirector, thediva, thetheaterhero, theshorteningfanatic, thenovice,
thehostandmanyotherprototypicalfigures.

Afeastforthelaughtermusclesandatthesametimeapsychogramofanancientart,
whichcanalwayssurprise.