Lesezeit / Zelter

In the organizer's words:

Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear" celebrates its premiere in the Marguerre Hall on July 5, 2025 in an adaptation by the Ukrainian-German playwright Pavlo Arie. In keeping with this, Lesezeit is also presenting a modern "Lear". Joachim Zelter's novel from the year 2022 is about the decline of a philosophy professor who gradually loses his language after his festive farewell in so-called retirement - and with language, memory and recollection. This is tragic and comic at the same time, moving and typically human.

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