In Schauspiel Stuttgart: Horváths enthusiastic about the beautiful view!
In Schauspiel Stuttgart: Horváths enthusiastic about the beautiful view!
Stuttgart, Deutschland - On June 21, 2025, the Schauspiel Stuttgart celebrated the premiere of Ödön from Horváth's play "On the beautiful view". Under the direction of Christina Tcharyiski, the ensemble delighted with a staging that relies entirely on stylization instead of braising in reality in the mild-realistic baskets. The stage design, which shows a huge lying abdomen instead of an ordinary hotel hall, immediately draws attention and reflects the abysmal topic of the piece.
The focus is on Christine's figure, which calls for help in a desperate situation. It is interesting that after more than a quarter of the piece, it appears in a dilapidated hotel shortly before the bankruptcy. Your return is anything but simple: Christine, a former lover of the hotel director Strasser, is treated in a rugged manner by guests and staff, even though she is asking for maintenance and support.social criticism and stylistic device
Horváth addresses money greed, militarism, sexism and the meanness of young women in his comedy. Gábor Biedermann embodies a miller who speaks urgently about social grievances and the militaristic climate. The dialogues are concise and show that the figures are often unable to communicate. This fits the so -called 'Jargon of Independence', a term that characterizes the flat and clichéd communication in Horváth's works. Persee explains that this unrealistic language is a result of alienation, which makes the piece all the more depressing.
The piece has a runtime of 1 hour and 40 minutes without a break and lets the audience immerse themselves in the emotions and the absurdities of the protagonists. Christine's sentence remains memorable: "I am actually very different, but I rarely get there." This sentence, which has already reached the pop culture and was used in a modification as the title line of a song, runs through the plot like a thread and strengthens the shattering ironic undertone.
ensemble and artistic design
The ensemble, consisting of Felix Strobel, Simon Löcker, Tim Bülow, Gábor Biedermann, Klaus Rodewald, Therese Dörr and Laura Balzer, brings the complex figures with life. The anti -realistic costume design is particularly striking, in which the waiter Max appears in a white feather jacket, which additionally accompanies the surreal character of the staging. The color of the hotel atmosphere is in a strong contrast to the rather colorful and exaggerated costumes, which visually underlines the social descent of the characters.
The premiere of "Zur Schönen View" took place in Graz in 1969, the piece is considered a social comedy in three acts that treats around twelve hours of action in a dilapidated hotel. In the current production, the underlying message can be experienced again, whereby the topic of money and dependencies is mercilessly moved into the light. Then as now, the question remains how much truth in the dealings of society is actually with weaker, and this is exactly the question of masterfully staged in the Stuttgart drama. DetailsOrt Stuttgart, Deutschland Quellen