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The friends, the theatre group and great cooking ... It all started summer 2003. Eugen, a great friend of mine, wished to have a somewhat different 50th birthday party. With enthusiasm I promised him to put a theatre play on stage. My friends in Berlin got also exited and since then we have been meeting frequently in someone’s flat to talk about new plays, to rehearse and foremost all to cook for each other. Cooking is the glue to keep us together. The photos above were taken during one of the last rehearsals before we fulfilled Eugen’s desire on the 3rd of Sep 2004. I put some photos from this day in the gallery. About the play... There are various adaptations of this Greek theme available, we considered Moliére and Kleist as well but preferred finally the most recent version from the German Peter Hacks. In short: after weeks in the battle the war hero Amphitryon comes back home. Jupiter used his absence to let Merkur observe Alkeme, Ampitryon’s wife. You know why. The night of Amphitryon’s arrival Jupiter seduces Alkmene in the body of Amphitryon. Merkur has to take on Sosias’ role to confuse exactly him as him. Poor Sosias. Sosias is the servant of Amphitryon and was sent to announce his master’s soon and triumphant arrival. The actual Amphitryon arrives later and is refused by Alkemene because he became again her husband who just want to tell her his war stories. We stopped the play there where Jupiter seduces Alkmene again. BTW: the fruit of these nights was the uber-hero Hercules.
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Eugen’s 50th, Sep 2004


related links

  1. •Peter Hacks (German)

  2. •Amphitryon (wikipedia)

 
Amphitryon: Andrea Alkmene: Petra Jupiter: Adrian Merkur: Andree Sosias: Hartmut The Night: Heidi Sound: Eckardt Light: Carsten Costumes: Rieke Prompter: Natascha

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by Peter hacks