Ophelia’s Shadow Theatre
Ophelia is a wizened old miss. She was supposed to become an actress, but her voice was too quiet, so she became a prompter instead. One day, however, her theatre is closed down. On the deserted stage, Miss Ophelia meets a shadow. He is lonely, as he belongs to nobody. The same is true for Ophelia, so she takes him into her home. This hospitality gets out and about among the shadows, and more and more want to move in with Ophelia. Soon she can open up her own shadow theatre. Until one day she meets an extraordinarily big shadow, bigger and darker than all the others...
Picture of the performance on the left: Production by Angela Hundsdorfer in the amphitheatre of the Michael-Ende-Kurpark in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2015. Copyright © Marc Gilsdorf
Theatre Rights
- First published in: 1988
- Theatre rights:
Bühnenverlag Weitendorf GmbH
Poppenbütteler Chaussee 53
22397 Hamburg
Tel: 040 / 607 909-916
Fax: 040 / 607 909-22916
Contact person for performance permits: Juliane Lachenmayer
E-Mail: info@buehnenverlag-weitendorf.de
www.buehnenverlag-weitendorf.de
Premiere
- Version for spoken theatre by Trias Theater Ruhr, Gelsenkirchen 1997.
Further Performances
- Reading with music:
Ophelias Schattentheater (Ophelia’s Shadow Theatre)
with Bernd-Christian Schulze and Helmut Thiele. Music by Heinrich Gattermeyer. Thorofon (Bella Musica 2001).