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Drama and the Pandemic Or: The Polyphony of the Monologue

This conversation examines the question of which dramatic form will emerge from the Corona-crisis. Will the theatres’ programmes feature exclusively monologues over the next few seasons?

Berliner Festspiele Media Library
This event will be accessible inthe Berliner Festspiele Media Library for the time being.

This talk will focus on a form of dramatic text that is as old as dramatic writing itself: the monologue. The word itself indicates what it is about – an individual’s statement. But what distinguishes the monologue as a dramatic form? Is it even possible to have an individual’s pronouncement on stage, isn’t there always a second party present? How political can a dramatic text form be?

With

Sivan Ben YishaiPlaywright, director
Nils TabertHead of Rowohlt Theater Verlag
Antigone AkgünAuthor, performer

Janis El-BiraModeration