A play by Georg
Kaiser from 1912 and described as German Expressionist, this certainly had all
the slickness one comes to expect from the NT. The focus is on a bank clerk who
takes a chance to run off with the cash from his till in search of a more
stimulating existence. But his attempt to find a heightened existence amongst
gamblers, at the brothel and with the religious come to nothing. The set and
costumes set reminded me of Otto Dix, to make the expressionist connection. It
was an engaging production but I’m not sure that would have been the case
without the amazing NT set.
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