Above all peaks is peace - A German poetry day around 1980

"When the work laughs / the poet cries / and vice versa" (Thomas Bernhard)

Scenic reading with
Sven-Eric Bechtolf | Moritz Meister, author of a tetralogy
Sona MacDonald | Anne, his wife
Clara Wolfram | Fräulein Werdenfels, doctoral student, glasses wearer
Tilman Tuppy | Mr. von Wegener, journalist, spectacle wearer
Martin Schwab | The publisher
Erich J. Langwiesner | Mr. Smirnoff, letter carrier
Hermann Beil | Scenic design

Thomas Bernhard's comedy, premiered in 1982 and starring the writer Moritz Meister, who likes to present himself as the German prince of poets, was once received quite critically in the German arts pages, but was well received by the public. Hellmuth Karasek noted ironically in Der Spiegel that "some critics grumpily remarked that the audience laughed." In fact, "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh" is a feather-light, subtle comedy full of allusions to the vain cult of poetry and the senselessly rotating cultural scene: profound, comedic - and self-deprecating at the same time.

With the kind support of Marcus Meier