October 12, 2016, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., in the German Theatre hall
The Fire Raisers
A didactic play without a moral with an epilogue
by Max Frisch
Directed by: Gábor Tompa
”The Fire Raisers” parable – entitled in subtitle as “a didactic play without a moral” – speaks of the failure of the common man to take action against an imminent threat: strangers show up one by one in the cosmetics producer Biedermann house. Although scandalized by the information in the press that the arsonists in disguise would get into people’s houses on various pretences, only to set their houses on fire afterwards, Biedermann does not take a stand against the intruders in his own home. The grotesque comic and the critical accents accompany the action’s development towards an outcome, which with each step becomes inevitable. Frisch started work on the text in 1948, and the absolute premiere was in 1958 in Zürich, followed shortly after by instalments in over 50 theatres in various countries. The lack of reaction on behalf of the lead character was sometimes interpreted as a reflection on the conduit the allowed the ascension of a dictator such as Adolf Hitler.
Cast
Mr. Biedermann
Franz Kattesch
Babette, his wife
Enikő Blénessy
Anna, a maid
Ioana Iacob
Schmitz, a wrestler
Radu Vulpe
Eisenring, a waiter
Rareș Hontzu
A police officer
Konstantin Keidel (a. G.)
A Philosophy Dr.
Ida Jarcsek-Gaza
Widow Knechtling
Olga Török
The Choir of Firefighters
Dana Borteanu
Isa Berger
Tatiana Sessler-Toami
Silvia Török
Oana Vidoni
Anne-Marie Waldeck
Epilogue of The Fire raisers
Mr. Biedermann, Babette, Anna, A police officer, Widow Knechtling and The Choir - as above
Beelzebub - Radu Vulpe
A character - Rareș Hontzu
The Guenon - Ida Jarcsek - Gaza
Assistant director
Richard Hladik
Assistant scenographer
Zsolt Fehérvári (a.G.)
Assistant scenographer
Cezarina Iulia Popescu (a.G.)
Technical direction
Constantin Ene
Technical direction
Radu Muj
Musical rehearsal
Roxana Ardeleanu (a. G.)
Make-up
Ramona Dinescu
Prompter
Stage direction
Tompa Gábor (a.G.)
Costumes
Carmencita Brojboiu (a.G.)
Masks
Ilona Varga-Járó (a.G.)
Video
Ovidiu Zimcea
Choreography
Florin Fieroiu (a.G.)
Original Music
Vasile Șirli
Set and light-design
Helmut Stürmer (a.G.)
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