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© Reinhard Werner
Dorian Gray
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DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes - no intermission
Dorian Gray succumbs to the desire for eternal youth after Lord Henry, a harbinger of modern self-obsession, instills his hedonistic maxims in him. The wish is magically fulfilled: from that day on, Dorian does not age and remains at the height of his youthful beauty, becoming a living portrait, while the painting created by his friend Basil increasingly reflects the ravages of time. The beautiful Dorian becomes a cursed figure who hides the portrait—his true face—away in the attic, out of sight from the world. The Victorian classic The Picture of Dorian Gray is perfectly suited to our time: the cult of eternal youth could scarcely be better portrayed, and our Botox-tightened faces could not be more accurately reflected than in the polished surface of this literary masterpiece.
Program and cast
Direction: Bastian Kraft
Set Design: Peter Baur
Costumes: Dagmar Bald
Dramaturgy: Barbara Sommer
Music: Arthur Fussy
Lighting: Michael Hofer
Video: Michael Schüller, Peter Baur, Alexander Richter
CAST
Markus Meyer
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© Reinhard Werner
© Reinhard Werner
© Reinhard Werner
© Reinhard Werner
Academy Theatre
Designed by the architects Fellner & Hellmer and Ludwig Baumann and built between 1911 and 1913, the Akademietheater has been the Burgtheater’s second venue since 1922. After many years of requests from ensemble members of the Burgtheater who wanted a second stage of more intimate dimensions, Max Paulsen succeeded in affiliating the “Theatre of the Academy of Music and the Performing Arts”, for brevity 's sake called Akademietheater, to the Burgtheater as a smaller, second venue. It was inaugurated on September 8, 1922, with a performance of Goethe’s Iphigenia in Tauris. After the Second World War, which the building survived intact, the theatre was re-opened on May 19, 1945, under the direction of Raoul Aslan with Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. The Akademietheater was refurbished and technically upgraded in 1974 and in 1999.
Parking at the Academy Theatre and Casino at Black Mountain Place
Visitors to the Academy theater and casino can order a parking fee of € 5, - parking garage at Beethovenplatz - for 5 hours in the period from 17:00 clock - 08:00 clock ( Saturdays , Sundays and holidays from 12:00 clock ) in the WIPARK . The needed for this theater Gutzeitkarte are available at the respective box office .
The payment of the parking fee must be made at the pay station in the parking garage. After inserting your parking ticket, you stuck by the theater Gutzeitkarte : The discounted rate will be displayed. After paying at the pay station , the exit ticket is issued.
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