The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising

Part of the REVOLUTIONS Season staged by East 15 MA Acting

By Gunter Grass (translation by Ralph Manheim Directed by David Mercatali

Set in Germany in the 1950s, the Boss – a thin disguise for Bertolt Brecht – rehearses Coriolanus until his rehearsal room is filled with workers seeking a spokesman for the Uprising. Witty and fast moving the brilliance of Grass’ humour combines with the eternal themes of revolution in Shakespeare’s play, resonating no less in 1950s Germany than in Egypt, Tunisia or Syria today.

See also Light Shining in Buckinghamshire and The World Turned Upside Down.

Dates:
Saturday 29th June - 7.30pm
Thursday 4th July - 7.30pm
Friday 5th July - 3.30pm