Drama

Romulus der Große

Romulus the Great
By Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Performed in German

Trailer © Andreas J. Etter
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Rome 476 AD: the state's coffers are empty, the army is deserting, the Teutons are at the door, and the situation seems hopeless. But Emperor Romulus has other concerns, for instance that his laying hens are barely producing any eggs. His subjects, or at least those who are still there, are desperately looking for ways to escape the situation, and it seems almost everything goes: from an elaborate assassination plot to selling off the emperor's daughter to a rich magnate who could save Rome with his financial resources. Yet, Romulus refuses...

Friedrich Dürrenmatt fittingly did not classify his play "Romulus the Great" as a "pure" comedy, because the highly comical lines are also filled with great depth and subtlety.

Cast

Director Sebastian Sommer
Stage Design Philip Rubner
Costume Design Wicke Naujoks
Music Jan Brauer
Dramaturgy Anika Bárdos
Theatre Pedagogy Laura zur Nieden
Romulus Augustulus Matze Vogel
Julia Karoline Marie Reinke
Rea Lina Habicht
Zeno the Isaurian / Odoacer Christian Klischat
Theodoric Theo Peine / Vincent Peine
Aemilianus Christoph Kohlbacher
Tullius Rotundus Benjamin Krämer-Jenster
Spurius Titus Mamma Atef Vogel
Caesar Rupf / Mares Felix Strüven
Pyramus / Phosphoridos Maria Wördemann
Achilles / Sulphurides Klara Wördemann
Cook / Phylax / Apollyon David Campling