A prince is condemned. Although Friedrich von Homburg was victorious in the Battle of Fehrbellin, he is punished by the king for disobeying orders. What does disobedience mean? How do group dynamics influence individual actions? And what consequences are we prepared to accept if we oppose an authority? Amir Reza Koohestani examines the political dimensions of Heinrich von Kleist's last play and places it in a popular context: football.

FC Prinz von Homburg: Dreams and scuffles

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Disaster looms over the ruling house of Mycenae. Since Agamemnon was killed by his wife Klytaemnestra, ever new sacrifices have been made. But peace does not return, especially not for the children. Orest has gone missing, Chrysothemis wants a family of her own, but Elektra pursues only one thought: revenge for her father. “The times are strange”, wrote the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal around 1900, “and they have strange children: us!” He observes “people who were fractured”, who had lost their unity. With irrationality, delusion and “mysteriously aroused nature”, the writer poetically describes what Sigmund Freud was soon to describe psychoanalytically as a sign of the times.

Gabriele Rupprecht

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Apr 17, 2025

FC Prinz von Homburg: Dreams and scuffles · Staatstheater Wiesbaden

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Elektra · Oper Köln

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