Friedrich Dürrenmatt's play "The Visit of the Old Lady" premiered in Zurich in 1956. On Saturday (April 13, 2024) the drama premiered at the Munich Volkstheater.
Director Sapir Heller moved the text back in time by two generations. Heller: "I wanted to see what meaning revenge has when we are not directly affected by the crime’s crime. Does that still matter? I think so, but in a different quality,” says the native Israeli, who is from Syria and Ukraine on her mother's side and Austria on her father's side. "It's no longer just about me, but about society as a whole," says the director, who has lived in Munich since 2008 and has already staged several plays at the house such as “Amsterdam” and “Animal Farm’’I was interested in the theme of revenge. But in a broader sense: If there is no coming to terms with a terrible event and this creates trauma that continues in the following generations.”