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European Theatre Festival Eurothalia

October 12, 2016, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., in the German Theatre hall

The Fire Raisers

A didactic play without a moral with an epilogue

by Max Frisch

Directed by: Gábor Tompa


”The Fire Raisers” parable – entitled in subtitle as “a didactic play without a moral” – speaks of the failure of the common man to take action against an imminent threat: strangers show up one by one in the cosmetics producer Biedermann house. Although scandalized by the information in the press that the arsonists in disguise would get into people’s houses on various pretences, only to set their houses on fire afterwards, Biedermann does not take a stand against the intruders in his own home. The grotesque comic and the critical accents accompany the action’s development towards an outcome, which with each step becomes inevitable. Frisch started work on the text in 1948, and the absolute premiere was in 1958 in Zürich, followed shortly after by instalments in over 50 theatres in various countries. The lack of reaction on behalf of the lead character was sometimes interpreted as a reflection on the conduit the allowed the ascension of a dictator such as Adolf Hitler.

Cast


Mr. Biedermann
Franz Kattesch

Babette, his wife
Enikő Blénessy

Anna, a maid
Ioana Iacob

Schmitz, a wrestler
Radu Vulpe (a. G.)

Eisenring, a waiter
Rareș Hontzu

A police officer
Konstantin Keidel (a. G.)

A Philosophy Dr.
Ida Jarcsek-Gaza

Widow Knechtling
Olga Török

The Choir of Firefighters
Dana Borteanu
Isa Berger
Tatiana Sessler-Toami
Silvia Török
Oana Vidoni
Anne-Marie Waldeck

Epilogue of The Fire raisers

Mr. Biedermann, Babette, Anna, A police officer, Widow Knechtling and The Choir - as above

Beelzebub - Radu Vulpe

A character - Rareș Hontzu

The Guenon - Ida Jarcsek - Gaza


Assistant director

Richard Hladik

Assistant scenographer
Zsolt Fehérvári (a.G.)

Assistant scenographer
Cezarina Iulia Popescu

Technical direction
Constantin Ene

Technical direction
Radu Muj

Musical rehearsal
Roxana Ardeleanu (a. G.)

Make-up
Ramona Dinescu

Prompter



Stage direction
Tompa Gábor

Costumes
Carmencita Brojboiu

Masks
Ilona Varga-Járó

Video
Ovidiu Zimcea

Choreography
Florin Fieroiu

Original Music
Vasile Șirli

Set and light-design
Helmut Stürmer (a.G.)

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