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Romeo & Julia

In the organizer's words:

"This love that is born becomes pain, for to the worst enemy I cling my heart"

The story is as simple as it is tragic: two young people suddenly fall in love at a masked ball in Verona. Juliet Capulet meets Romeo Montague, who is the same age as her, and falls madly in love with him, which he passionately reciprocates. But she is actually supposed to marry the much older Count Paris. Due to the bitter feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, Juliet and Romeo's love is doomed from the start. Despite all resistance, the two marry in secret. But the vindictiveness of their families seems insurmountable and leads to disaster. Romeo himself also becomes a murderer. The tragedy culminates in a fatal misunderstanding: Romeo believes Juliet is dead and takes his own life. When Juliet awakes and sees the dead Romeo, she plunges the dagger into her heart.

Romeo and Juliet, first performed in London in 1595/96, is one of the most famous plays in the world. The underlying question has been asked again and again for centuries: Can love stand the test of hatred and overcome boundaries?

The poet, playwright and prose writer Thomas Brasch (1945-2001) lived in the GDR until 1976, before moving to West Berlin. He received many awards in West Germany and also worked as a director and screenwriter in the 1980s. Brasch's new translation of Romeo and Juliet was published in 2002.

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Location

Mainfranken Theater Würzburg Theaterstraße 21 97070 Würzburg