- Inszenierung – Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
- Approx. 3 hours including a break
- Interesting for people aged 14+
- With English surtitles (except for the premiere)
A game of memories
For a brief evening, it looks as if Laura's life could unfold in all its possibilities. She lives with her mother Amanda Wingfield and her brother Tom in a small flat in St. Louis. Tom's boyfriend Jim comes to dinner and seems to Laura like a prince charming who will fulfil all her longings. But Jim is already engaged and breaks Laura's beloved unicorn, the symbol of her fantasy world, as a parting gift. Tennessee Williams' classic about the disillusionment of a family was first performed in German in Basel in 1946; the new Basel version is staged by English director Jaz Woodcock-Stewart.
Thank you!
With the kind support of the Gönnerkreis
Digital book table
Together with the dramaturgy department, the Basel Kulturhaus Bider & Tanner has been curating the book table for our plays for many years. Now this selection of books, CDs, DVDs, catalogues and sheet music is available at any time in the online shop. It's worth browsing regularly.
Mediathek
- Inszenierung –
- Bühne und Kostüme –
- Sounddesign –
- Lichtdesign –
- Dramaturgie –
- Licht –
- Amanda Wingfield, die Mutter –
- Tom Wingfield, ihr Sohn –
- Laura Wingfield, ihre Tochter –
- Jim O’Connor, ein netter junger Mann –
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Statisterie Theater Basel
An ingenious trick: two versions of the Wingfields' home can be seen in the course of the evening. [...] a profound and recommendable evening of theater..
The production floats between times.
Jan Bluthardt is convincing with his oppressive psychogram of a broken being who is only able to suppress his aggression towards his abusive mother with difficulty. And Antoinette Ullrich is touching with her sad defiance, which isolates her from the outside world.
We are in the theater and we get what we want: shrill and quiet, comedic and tragic, dancing circus-like, saddened to death.
In her Basel debut, Jaz Woodcock-Stewart has created a clearly executed and multi-layered stage experience that you can take in, with thoroughly touching moments.
‹Die Glasmenagerie› at the Basel Theatre touches and captivates.