Phaidras Liebe

Tickets
Address Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, Berlin
Tags Drama, Alternative, Post-Modern Theater
Venue's website www.berliner-ensemble.de
Length 105 min
Director Robert Borgmann
Release April 2022
Author Sarah Kane

Performing: Stefanie Reinsperger, Robert Borgmann (Live Musiker), Nazanin Noori (Live Musikerin).

In Phaidras Liebe, Sarah Kane radically deconstructs the ancient myth of Phaidra myth radically and, with abysmal humor, points it toward postmodernity. Hippolytus, the ardently desired stepson of Queen Phaidra, is an antihero, addicted to sex, food, and screens, interested only in the power of manipulation, which he equates with truth. This royal family is scarred by incest and driven by a death wish. Deeply humiliated by Hippolytus, Phaidra justifies her suicide by insinuating that Hippolytus raped her. Hippolytus takes the blame and is barbarically executed by the mob. Only in the pain of torture does he experience himself as a living, free man.

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