A cure for Marxism?
The Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus is mounting an evening's theatre based on Das Kapital, as the Grauniad reports.
I've read the Manifesto, but not DK, (as life is just far too short, and more interesting options such as folding towels or eyeing the blue screen of death have always been available) but I've been led to believe that 'the big boring book on Victorian economics written by an old man with a beard who lived in Tufnell Park' (Brian Mickelthwait in 'Free Life', many, many years ago, I think) lacks much by way of pace, and the hero only get the girl, so to speak, in a very abstract way. Our Teutonic dramaturges have recognised this, and so have turned this into a piece of 'documentary theatre' rather than examining DK for trace elements of humour, romance, thrills, spills, fizzy drinks and the like.
Given there's an element of audience participation, alas not in the form of 'the class enemy's behind you', but rather in reading and analysis of sections of DK, one might hope that a goodly few of those who attend the shows will be cured of any lingering admiration for the old monster.
After Dusseldorf, the play heads to Berlin, Frankfurt and Zurich.
I've read the Manifesto, but not DK, (as life is just far too short, and more interesting options such as folding towels or eyeing the blue screen of death have always been available) but I've been led to believe that 'the big boring book on Victorian economics written by an old man with a beard who lived in Tufnell Park' (Brian Mickelthwait in 'Free Life', many, many years ago, I think) lacks much by way of pace, and the hero only get the girl, so to speak, in a very abstract way. Our Teutonic dramaturges have recognised this, and so have turned this into a piece of 'documentary theatre' rather than examining DK for trace elements of humour, romance, thrills, spills, fizzy drinks and the like.
Given there's an element of audience participation, alas not in the form of 'the class enemy's behind you', but rather in reading and analysis of sections of DK, one might hope that a goodly few of those who attend the shows will be cured of any lingering admiration for the old monster.
After Dusseldorf, the play heads to Berlin, Frankfurt and Zurich.
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would be good to stone the actors shouting
''come and have a revolution if you think you're hard enough'
"The class enemy's BEHIND you!" _ priceless! Socialist Panto _ now there's a fabulous spoof waiting to be written _ perhaps a Rigger/ Croydonian co-production?
I had been thinking of asking for suggestions for casting, dialogue, plot etc, so maybe I'll do just that thing....
And guess who is paying for such "progressive" artists, the visitors from the middle class or the government with the taxes of the oppressed workers?
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