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Social decay, personal failure, and political complacency
- His use of rhythmic repetition – of words and phrases – means themes of social decay, personal failure, and political complacency, are not just expressed in the content of the play but woven into the fabric of the play’s language.
www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/2024/may/get-to-know-the-presidentThe President: Get to Know the play - Sydney Theatre Company
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In an unnamed Western European nation, a president and first lady recuperate in their private rooms after a failed anarchist assassination attempt that has killed the President's close ally, The Colonel, and the First Lady's beloved dog. Their son is believed to be involved with the anarchists.
Apr 19, 2024 · Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely performed play The President.
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Apr 18, 2024 · What to expect from The President, by giant of European literature Thomas Bernhard. For a long time, there was peace. But the citizens are no longer pacified. Now they blow up buildings and kill important people. They have decided the President must go.
Feb 9, 2024 · The President – Gate Theatre – Review. The President written by Thomas Bernhard Translated by Gitta Honegger Photo: Ros Kavanagh. Thomas Bernard was a 20th-century Austrian playwright who died in 1989, aged 58 years old. He was a fierce critic of his homeland and its inhabitants, so much so that in his testamentary instructions he forbade ...
The President is one of the most anticipated plays in the 2024 Sydney Theatre Company season. Composed by Thomas Bernhard and rarely performed, this production featured one of the strongest theatrical casts in a recent Australian production, led by Hugo Weaving and Olwen Fouéré.
Apr 17, 2024 · The luminous Hugo Weaving plays the president, commanding and mesmerising, almost able to help us make sense of all the despotic rants and raves inflicted by his part. Weaving’s capacity to portray someone despicable, whilst keeping us thoroughly charmed, is nothing short of masterful.
With its depictions of the abuses of power, the disdain and paranoia of privilege, and prophecies of the age of surveillance, corruption and terrorism, The President is as striking and resonant as when it was first performed in 1975.
