Continent Kleist in the Romantic Sea
Henrike Johanna Jörissen / Photo: Ali Ghandtschi
During the 2010 season, the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen will be devoted to the dramatist and publicist Heinrich von Kleist. Under the banner of "Continent Kleist in the Romantic Sea", the events will examine what significance the author holds for us today - aesthetically, morally and socio-politically. Heinrich von Kleist is the most European of classic German authors.
An outsider caught between Weimar classicism and Romanticism in Germany, he found a new intellectual home on a trip to Paris during the French Enlightenment. Long after his death, it was this that ensured his acclaim throughout Europe.
1 May - 13 June 2010
Ruhrfestspielhaus, Recklinghausen
Selected productions
"Robert Guiskard" by Heinrich von Kleist
Director: Frank Hoffmann
Première: 3 May 2010, 8 p.m.
Additional performances: 4 – 7 May 2010, 8 p.m.; 8 May 2010, 7 p.m.
Venue: Festspielhaus Recklinghausen, Großes Haus
Co-production: Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
"Der zerbrochene Krug" (The Broken Jug) by Heinrich von Kleist
Director: Jan Bosse
Première: 18 May 2010, 8 p.m.
Additional performances: 19 – 21 May 2010, 8 p.m.; 22 May 2010, 7 p.m.; 23 May 2010, 6 p.m.
Venue: Festspielhaus Recklinghausen, Großes Haus
Co-production: Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin. Adaptation of a production by Schauspielhaus Zurich
"Die Hermannsschlacht" (Hermann’s Battle) by Heinrich von Kleist
Director: Dušan David Parizek
Première: 24 May 2010, 6 p.m.
Additional performances: 25 – 27 May 2010, 8 p.m.; 8 May 2010, 7 p.m.
Venue: Festspielhaus Recklinghausen, Kleines Theater
Co-production: Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
"Die Marquise von O…" (The Marquise of O…) by Heinrich von Kleist
Director: Kevin Rittberger
Première: 2 June 2010, 8 p.m.
Additional performances: 3 June 2010, 6 p.m.; 4 June 2010, 8 p.m.; 5 June 2010, 7 p.m.
Venue: Festspielhaus Recklinghausen, Kleines Theater
Co-production: Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Schauspiel Frankfurt
"Penthesilea" by Heinrich von Kleist
Director: Roger Vontobel
Première: 10 June 2010, 8 p.m.
Additional performances: 11 June 2010, 8 p.m.; 12/13 June 2010, 6 p.m.
Venue: Festspielhaus Recklinghausen, Großes Haus
Co-production: Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
Partners: Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Munich Volkstheater, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Neues Theater Riga, Théâtre National du Luxembourg
For further information, please visit:
www.ruhrfestspiele.de