Lesezeit / Miller

In the organizer's words:

In 1936, the Jewish tap dancer Harold May is invited to perform in front of an illustrious audience in Berlin. He is not told to whom exactly. The fee is high, so May accepts the offer. It is only when he is subjected to a "racial test" in Berlin that he is gripped by fear. Arthur Miller uses the story "The Performance" to expose the racial delusion when the Führer personally invites a Jew to run a tap dancing school. Will Harold May make a deal with the devil? Thorsten Hierse reads the exciting short story from 1961 in connection with the production "Death of a Salesman" (premiere on April 15, 2025 in the Alter Saal).

Once a month, members of the Heidelberg Theater and Orchestra ensemble read at the Stadtbücherei, offering an exciting literary addition to our repertoire with Free admission.