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WHEN THE REAPER CALLS by Peter Colley

2004/2003, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

Victor and Harlan are two philosophy professors who have been friends, rivals and tricksters since their college days. But now Harlan has become a Stoic who has adopted a strict unemotional regimen in preparation for the afterlife, while Victor has turned into a wild hedonist who believes that “when you’re dead, you’re dead,” so enjoy…

EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell

2004/2003, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

Rita, a young hairdresser, registers for a literature course offered by the Open University, sensing that it will enrich and increase her possibilities in life. During her tutorials, she becomes a different person, gradually liberating herself from the limitations of her working class background, family and marriage. She exchanges the small talk of the hair…

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS by Joe DiPietro

2004/2003, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

The title of the play comes from a popular song that Americans sing around Thanksgiving and Christmas. The first verse is, “Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow.” This song brings back memories of family…

I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES by Neil Simon

2004/2003, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES is the poignant story of a father and daughter trying to pick up the pieces of a broken home. Set in the showbiz world of Hollywood that the author knows so well, it is about a failed scriptwriter whose struggling existence is suddenly shattered by the arrival on his…