Roland Schimmelpfennig Livres

A mysterious woman confronts Frank, reminding him of a long-forgotten promise made two decades earlier. This encounter sparks a darkly humorous exploration of modern relationships and the haunting nature of past commitments. The narrative delves into the complexities of love and the consequences of words spoken, offering a thought-provoking look at how the past can resurface unexpectedly. Originally staged at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2005, the story captures the intricacies of human connections in a compelling way.

Chosen as play of the year in the 2010 Theater Heute yearbook critics survey. A funny and theatrical fable of modern life and migration, whisking you from your local takeaway to East Asia and back, revealing what really goes into that bowl of spicy soup. Are you hungry yet?

Hans, the caretaker of a building, has gone to investigate why the water has run dry above floor eight. Fatina, the lodger, awaits her lover, Kalil, who is mysteriously trapped between floor in an elevator. Franziska, the dreamy amnesiac falls asleep each night before the sun sets and forgets her day every day. And Peter, the romantic voyeur, trespasses through unlocked doors expecting what he finds.

"One clear, ice-old January morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between Poland and Germany. His trail leads all the way to Berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge. On an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodes. The lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by Thomas, a Polish construction worker who cannot survive in Germany without his girlfriend. Elisabeth and Micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the city. A woman burns her mother's diaries on a Berlin balcony. And Elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: What am I doing here? And why? Experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white film. Those who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected: experiences of loss and of being lost, of searching for a different path in a cold time."--Provided by publisher

A contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of Germany's most successful playwright

A thrilling, filmic immersion into Berlin's legendary club scene by the author of One Clear, Ice-cold Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century

The first English-language collection from the most performed contemporary German playwright.

Christmas Eve. Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t happy. Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays. Which is awkward. Not least because Bettina’s mother met a man on the train. And now she’s invited him around for drinks... Family, betrayal and the inescapable presence of the past reverberate through the UK premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s razor-sharp comedy.

Prvý knižný výber divadelných hier renomovaného nemeckého dramatika v slovenskom jazyku obsahuje tri u nás doteraz nepreložené ani neinscenované divadelné hry R. Schimmelphenniga Ríša zvierat ( Das Reich der Tiere), Čierna voda (Das schwarze Wasser) a Zimný slnovrat (Wintersonnenwende). Divadelné hry vychádzajú v preklade renomovaných prekladateliek Jany Bžochovej Wild, Zuzany Vajdičkovej a prekladateľa Adama Bžocha. Úvod napísala Jana Bžochová Wild.