Ritter, Dene, Voss
A theatre of inevitable “extinction” accompanied by human somersaults and a galaxy of words put there to throw light on behaviour, to question destinies, to legitimise murder or to explain passion. -European Theatre Award on Krystian Lupa
The Darkest Comedian......-The New York Review on Thomas Bernhard
A model of thinking so intense, so pure, so self-critical that even its mistakes are gifts. -Time Magazine on Ludwig Wittgenstein
7/28 Thu 19:30
7/29 Fri 19:30
7/30 Sat 19:30
7/31 Sun 14:30
Venue| Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Warehouse 1
Ticket Prices | 500 700 900
3.5 hours with two intermissions. No late seating.
In Polish with Chinese/English subtitles.
Pre-show talk 30 minutes before the performance in theater lobby
An
after-performance discussion on July 31(Sun) at 18:00-19:00, with
director Krystian LUPA and Yiwei KENG will be conducted in Polish with
Chinese interpretation.
Each ticket purchase is entitled to a free copy of TAF Companion Reader, inclusive of Chinese translation script. TAF Companion Reader
will be available from June 10th (Fri) at the ticket office of National
Theater and Concert Hall upon presenting your Ritter, Dene, Voss
ticket.
Produced by| Narodowy Stary Teatr, Krakow, Poland
Playwright| Thomas BERNHARD
Director and Stage Designer| Krystian LUPA
Performed by
Ritter：Malgorzata Hajewska- KRXYSZTOFIK
Dene：Agnieszka MANDAT
Voss：Piotr SKIBA
Music Designer| Jacek OSTASZEWSKI
Stage Design Assistant Piotr SKIBA
Ritter,
Dene, Voss, written by one of 20th century most renowned Austrian
literateur Thomas BERNHARD, depicts a portrait of familial warfare among
three siblings. Two sisters await their “genius” philosopher brother,
Ludwig’s return from a mental institution for whom the character hints
at philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. The play took place before, during,
and after lunch. As the reunion progressed, boundaries of sanity,
insanity, reality and fiction are blurred and perceptions crumbled.
Thomas BERNHARD’s drama is by no accident written with no punctuations
but only line breaks. A challenge nevertheless, but moreover, brings
powerful calamity abide to the characters, and directors’
interpretations. Director Krystian LUPA examines the routine behaviors
of three siblings while highlighting emotional conflicts with his
mastery of creating stage realities. The quality of L LUPA 's theatre
also derives from strong acting, which is often deemed "invisible" or
"transparent," made so by actors who unite almost completely with the
characters they play. Expect a bloody true reality in the falsehood of
theater. Or is it the other way around?
Director Krystian Lupa
Internationally renowned as one of the leading artists of our age, Polish director Krystian LUPA?works on a vast theatrical canvas. Since his theater debut in 1976, LUPA has worked on stages across Europe and the US, and has traveled to the most significant theater festivals of Europe. His productions are remarkable for their psychological complexity, stylistic innovation, and humanity. LUPA is a master at creating internally coherent stage realities and often translates and adapts the texts which he stages, simultaneously designing and directing these productions. He has been honored with many theater award in Poland, Austria, and France. In 2009 he received the prestigious European Theatre Award for his career achievement. Previous ETA winners include Harold Pinter, Pina Bausch and Peter Stein.
Playwright Thomas Bernhard
Deemed one of the most original German-language novelist, dramatist, and poet to emerge after World War II, Thomas BERNHARD earned a reputation as an intellectual?enfant terrible?for his emphasis on philosophical pessimism and his sardonic attacks upon values, institutions, and cultural and political figures of modern Austria. Compared to Franz Kafka, Peter Handke, and Samuel Beckett for his vision of isolation and despair, BERNHARD often explores such subjects as physical and mental illness, death, cruelty, and decay. While his works often comment upon what he termed his “love-hate” attitude toward Austria, and eventually further realized in his will to ban any staging and publication of his works after his death in 1989, BERNHARD chose to reside in that country throughout his life. Although notorious for the contempt he visited upon those who offered him literary prizes, BERNHARD received many major awards, including the Bremen Prize, the Georg B?chner Prize, and the Austrian Prize for Literature.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian-born English philosopher, Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN is regarded by many as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century and the most important since Immanuel Kant. WITTGENSTEIN’s two major works signifying two stages of his life,?Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus(1922) and Philosophical Investigations(1953), both made pivotal influences on vast subjects, including logic and language, perception and intention, ethics and religion, aesthetics and culture.?WITTGENSTEIN had shaped subsequent developments in philosophy, especially within the?analytic?tradition. His Philosophical Investigations took concern in language and logic in less technical order, and consequently spurred so-called ordinary language philosophy. His charismatic personality has, in addition, exerted a powerful fascination upon artists, playwrights, poets, novelists, musicians, and even filmmakers, so that his fame has spread far beyond the confines of academic life.
Narodowy Stary Teatr (National Old Theatre)
Stary Teatr, established in 1781 in Krakow, is one of the oldest Polish professional theater companies, and an important part of Polish culture throughout its history. Since 1994, the Stary Teatr has been a member of the Union of European Theatres, an organization of the leading theater companies in Europe, and remained to this day the only Polish theater in the Union. Its success in maintaining a high artistic level for over two centuries is the result of the involvement and effort of the theater's directors, including those of Konard Swinarski, Jerzy Jarocki, and Andrzey Waijda, who have skillfully refined the theater troupe and built a well-devised repertoire of Polish and European classics and new works. The theater’s current resident director is Krystian LUPA who has been producing dramas and prose of Russian literature and German language writers including Thomas BERNHARD, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Robert Musil. Under Mikolaj Grabowski, artistic director since 2002 and managing director since 2004, the Stary Teatr has established a dual focus - an emphasis on contemporary drama and reinterpretation of the classics.
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