Frühere Verhältnisse | Von nun an ging’s bergab
Thu 31.12.2026
20:30–22:05
Frühere Verhältnisse | Von nun an ging’s bergab
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Schauspielhaus Graz - Hauptbühne
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The wealthy lumber merchant Scheitermann and his wife Josephine are looking for new servants. When Peppi Amsel, who had previously worked for Josephine’s father, applies for the job, she is hired on the spot. The second applicant, Anton Muffl, is also an old acquaintance—this time of the master of the house—but unfortunately, Anton knows a secret that the successful businessman wants to keep at all costs: his past circumstances are, in fact, far less sophisticated than he would like them to be. …
In *Frühere Verhältnisse*, Johann Nestroy exposes the hypocritical double standards of his characters, all of whom try to cover up their pasts in order to look better in each other’s eyes and to gain as much as possible from their network of relationships. They all sweep under the rug whatever doesn’t fit the image they’ve painted of themselves.
Austrian director Ruth Brauer-Kvam—with Graz-based musician deeLinde by her side—stages Nestroy’s one-act play as a thoroughly musical evening. To this end, she weaves the play with songs by Hildegard Knef, thus bringing the master of Old Viennese folk theater into contact with the work of the legendary chanson singer. The social snobbery of Nestroy’s characters is thoroughly shaken by the unmistakable style of Knef’s songs. After social advancement comes the threat of downfall: From then on, it was all downhill!
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes, no intermission
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