Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen

In the organizer's words:

Comedy by Joseph Kesselring

Translated by Helge Seidel

Ever since theater critic Mortimer Brewster fell in love with the vicar's daughter Elaine, he has been visiting his quirky aunts Abby and Martha every day. Conveniently, Elaine lives right next door. On the evening of the engagement, of all nights, Mortimer discovers a dead body in the window box of the much-loved ladies. It could only have been Teddy! Mortimer's crazy brother thinks he is President Theodore Roosevelt and is busy excavating the Panama Canal in the basement of the house. But it gets worse: the dear aunts know about the unknown dead man! When Mortimer's brother Jonathan, who was thought to be dead, turns up with his dubious friend Dr. Einstein, things get really complicated. And incredibly funny.

Henriette Hörnigk directs the most famous crime comedy of all time - filmed in 1941 with Cary Grant in the leading role - now on the big stage.