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Heinrich von Kleist (1777 - 1811) was the Sarah Kane of his day and Penthesilea his most scandalous piece of work: A young woman slaughters and devours the man she loves. Substituting the classical concept of fate with politics and psychology, Kleist portrays a passionate and godless world in which religion and society program the genders for mutual destruction. A profoundly dysfunctional society in which Penthesilea and Achilles can only court violently and love murderously. Euripides meets Strindberg, one might say. After being banned from the stage for almost a century, Kleist's tragedy of the Amazon queen in most recent years is receiving increasing attention and applause for its radical subjectivity, graphic language and emphatically anti-authoritarian attitude.

Creatives/Company

Author: Heinrich von Kleist
Company: Playades Theatre Company
Translation: Joel Agee

Penthesilea

Penthesilea (Play) production archive for QTIX code T142115125. Details of all Penthesilea archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1177442948

Archive Listings

1 Aug 13 to 25 Aug 13	The Fringe Office Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive
22 Jul 13 to 28 Jul 13	The Space Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive

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