Name: Body Fortress / Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Start: 2024-05-04T00:00:00
Location: Staatstheater Braunschweig

Giovanni Fumarola

Filipa Amorim

Alice Baccile

Francesca Castellari

Michael Mrosek

Charlotte Hellekant

Brendon Feeney

Guy Weizman

Roni Haver

Vera Selhorst

Staatstheater Braunschweig

The Seven Years' War is over. Minna von Barnhelm is searching for her fiancé, Major Tellheim, from whom she hasn't heard in weeks. He is penniless because a bill of exchange he received for an advance payment is not recognized as his property by a Berlin court. Now he is stuck in an inn and has to vacate his room to a more affluent noblewoman. The fact that this woman is Minna, of all people, doesn't ensure a quick happy ending. Tellheim's wounded sense of honor stands in the way of a new relationship. Minna, a self-confident and self-determined woman, tries to circumvent the major's stubbornness, but although they love each other and both believe their intentions are always good, they constantly run into each other. This is what makes the play so comically charming. The great Enlightenment thinker, Lessing, does not overlook how war defines and changes social positions.

Minna von Barnhelm

In her husband's sprawling castle, Judith comes across seven locked doors. Despite Bluebeard's warnings, she is determined to find out what is hidden behind them. She makes deeply moving but also disturbing discoveries - and her curiosity has fatal consequences for herself and for Bluebeard.

Body Fortress / Duke Bluebeard's Castle