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THRILL ME a musical thriller by Stephen Dolginoff

2015/2014, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

How far would you go for love? This is the focus of THRILL ME, which takes a new look at the legendary “thrill killers”, Leopold and Loeb, who committed what was called the crime of the century in Chicago in 1924. The court trial concluded that the two young men murdered their victim simply for…

CANDIDA a comedy classic by Bernard Shaw

2015/2014, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

Bernard Shaw had two categories for his plays, those that were “pleasant” and those that were “unpleasant”. CANDIDA he put among the pleasant ones, and it is easy to see why. A box office hit in its time (1904), this British classic continues to be one of Shaw’s most popular plays. It deals with a young poet,…

ANYONE FOR BREAKFAST? a comedy by Derek Benfield

2015/2014, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

Derek Benfield was a master at writing farces. Webster’s New Universal Dictionary defines the word “farce” as “a light humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.” In ANYONE FOR BREAKFAST? the characters differ enough to make them interesting, but the plot takes precedence over character…

THE WHIPPING MAN a play by Matthew Lopez

2015/2014, ArchiveBy English Theatre of Hamburg 8. December 2020

THE WHIPPING MAN takes place over a period of three days in April, 1865. The American Civil War (1861—1865), which saw the northern states fighting against the southern states to end slavery and preserve the unity of the country, has just ended. The North has won the war, so all over the South the slaves…