Misery - nach dem Roman von Stephen King

In the organizer's words:

With Anja Kimmelmann and Jochen Döring as well as Sheriff Rainer Ewerrien

When author Paul Sheldon lets the main character of his successful novel series "Misery" die, he finally wants to devote himself to more challenging literature. But no sooner has he finished a new, more profound book than he has an accident on a snow-covered road in the mountains of Colorado and becomes trapped in his car. Nurse Annie finds him, frees him from the wreckage with severe injuries and takes him to her remote farm to care for him. It turns out that Annie is Paul's biggest fan and loves the character Misery more than anything. She can't get over the fact that she had to die in the last novel and concocts a plan. She uses brute force to compel the helpless Paul to write another episode and resurrect Misery. A game of mutual dependency ensues, which escalates more and more. Paul realizes that he must plan his greatest story yet: how to get away with his life.

In 1990, Stephen King's bestseller "Misery" was successfully adapted into a film starring Kathy Bates and James Caan. The screenplay was written by Oscar-winner William Goldman, who also wrote the play. It premiered on Broadway in 2015.

"This is the finest conversational theater. For now. Some may think beforehand: why did they need Katharina Wiedenhofer to rehearse fight choreography? Afterwards you don't think that anymore. Katharina Wiedenhofer has done a great job. Standing ovations, not a matter of course even in the Stalburg". (Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau)

"Stephen King's bestseller has been turned into a fine, excellently acted chamber play, which Rainer Ewerrien has brought to Frankfurt's Stalburg Theater." (Helene Röhnsch, FAZ)

Price information:

All pupils and students pay €8.00 admission