“Which doesn’t make things any better,” says the doctor. For the volume “The Colorful Book”, published in 1852, Stelzhamer wrote a text in which he compared Judaism to a giant tapeworm that would wrap itself “around the nutritional organs of every cultivated body of state” and whose head should be cut off.
After initial hesitation, Thomas Arzt wrote the commissioned work “The Innocent Work” regarding Franz Stelzhamer’s life and his unstable relationship with women for the State Theater. It will be premiered at the Linzer Kammerspiele on Saturday (January 27th, 7:30 p.m.). It is the last State Theater production by acting director Stephan Suschke, who is leaving office of his own free will at the end of the season. Director David Bösch, who is extremely busy at prestigious theaters, will be Suschke’s successor in the fall (the OÖN reported in detail).
Doctor and Suschke create almost 30 figures in order to approach Stelzhamer unbiasedly. It’s a “classic rise and fall story,” says Arzt. Stelzhamer’s child, who died at the age of six, virtually leads through the evening. The author and director do not provide answers, but rather deepen questions. Suschke: “It would be boring to tell people what to think regarding Stelzhamer.” Julian Sigl will be seen in the role of the “Hoamatgsang” poet.
Kammerspiele Linz: “The Innocent Work”play by Thomas Arzt, premiere: January 27directed by Stephan Suschke. Info: www.landestheater-linz
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Peter Grubmüller
Head of Culture Department
Peter Grubmüller
