The residents of the fictional country of Andorra have nothing against Teacher Can’s foster son, Andri—he’s just different because he’s a “Jew.” At the same time, anti-Semitism is rampant, sometimes expressed quite openly, but mostly in hidden ways. Andri begins to accept that different rules apply to him. When Andri wants to marry the teacher’s daughter, Barblin, a long-kept secret comes to light: Andri is the teacher’s illegitimate son and therefore by no means a Jew.
But no one seems willing to listen. Andri’s biological mother appears. So does an army of soldiers. When Andri’s mother is killed, he is blamed for it. The teacher now wants to publicly acknowledge his son, but the new occupying power stages a “Jewish parade.” Andri is identified as a Jew and singled out for execution…
Max Frisch’s parable about everyday racism, exclusion, and anti-Semitism powerfully illustrates how a society loses itself to fear and how the exclusion of the supposedly “other” continues to intensify. A timeless play that illustrates how inhuman mechanisms operate.
Burghofbühne Dinslaken
An introduction to the play with Linda Keil & Lasse Schulte will take place at 7:15 p.m. in the auditorium.
Sponsored by the Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh
