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Summer theatre at the Taggerhof

Name: Summer theatre at the Taggerhof
Start: 2024-06-22T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-07-20T23:59:59+02:00
Location: Taggerhof

The comedy "Women's Assembly" by Aristophanes, a writer of whom little is known.

Little is known about Aristophanes' life; the dates of his birth and death (450 - 388 BC) are imprecise, but his literary oeuvre is all the richer for it, often criticising the political and social conditions and grievances of (Athenian) democracy.

In his comedy "Women's Assembly" (Ekklesiazusai, 390 BC), the women decide to take over power in the state because the men are corrupt and politically incapable. A general division of property - both material and sexual - is proclaimed.
However, as the men do not want to give up their dominance and the women act in a lack of solidarity in many things, the plan ultimately remains stuck in theory, so that in the end the old situation returns.
The current critical approaches in the lively play and the opportunity to cast many worthwhile female roles have led the "Schlossspiele Reinthal" to this choice in the 2024 season.

Text version and director: Alfred Haidacher