(17 to 25 October 2014, Brückenpfeiler (Monbijoubrücke), Berne)
Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Love of the Nightingale
A play about passion, desire, vengeance, and the power of words.
Based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, The Love of the Nightingale relates the ancient story of Philomele and Procne, two Athenian Princesses. Married off to the Thracian king Tereus, Procne longs for her sister’s company and sends her husband to Athens to fetch her. On the journey back to Thrace, Tereus falls in love with the passionate young woman and, thus, the tragedy takes its course.
Kathrin Probst – Procne, Athenian Princess
Tessa Zuckweiler – Philomele, an Athenian Princess
Thomas Lüthi – Tereus, Thracian king
Fabian Claus – King Pandion, Procne’s and Philomele’s father, Male Chorus, Third soldier
Xenia Netos – Queen, Procne’s and Philomele’s mother, Itys, Tereus’ and Procne’s son
Matthias Müller – Second Soldier, Captain on Tereus’ ship
Alexandra de Peyer – Niobe, servant to Philomele, Aphrodite in Hyppolitus play
Kati Ebner – Echo, female Chorus, Phaedra in Hyppolitus play
Evelyne Feller – Iris, female Chorus, Nurse in Hyppolitus play
Ava Slappnig – Hero, female Chorus, Servant
Eva Witschi – June, female Chorus
Beatrix Castellote – Helen, female Chrous, Female Chorus in Hyppolitus play
Simon D. Hicks – Male Chorus, Male Chorus in Hyppolitus play
Simon Thöni – Male Chorus, Theseus in Hyppolitus play
Claudio Richard – Male Chorus, Hyppolitus in Hyppolitus play
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