A tragic comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt / Harztheater
Director: Esther Undisz
Set: Tilo Staudte
Civic theater: Arnold Hofheinz
The former cultural city of Güllen is run-down, dilapidated and bankrupt. When the multi-billionaire Claire Zachanassian, who had to leave Güllen 40 years ago after a personal tragedy, announces her visit, the starving inhabitants hope for salvation. And indeed: the eccentric mogul announces that she will give the town of Güllen a billion, but on one condition: Someone must kill her former lover Alfred, who once denied the paternity of their child in court. After the initial outrage, however, morality is turned on its head and Alfred is sacrificed to the hoped-for advancement.
Director Esther Undisz will stage Dürrenmatt's modern classic with the acting ensemble and amateur actors from the Bürgertheater.
