La Ronde (A.Schnitzler)

La Ronde - A Papermoon Production, Canberra 2004

 Courtesy of Papermoon Production, Canberra 2004
Venue ANU Arts Centre, Canberra 
Director Christa De Jager
Date 26 November – 5 December 2004 
Cast Jordan Best, Matt Borneman, Veronica Hobsbawn, Isaac Reilly, Lucy Goleby,
Sam Hannan-Morrow, Ruth Pickard, Nathan Ramsay, Andrea Close & Jim Adamik

    Summary

    “La Ronde/Der Reigen” depicts ten successive interlocking sexual encounters between couples whose members range across the entire social spectrum of the Austro-Hungarian empire. First privately performed in Munich in 1903, the play’s official premiere took place in Berlin in 1920. As adapted in Max Ophül’s celebrated film La Ronde (1950) it achieved additional worldwide fame.

    First Performance of "La Ronde“ ("Der Reigen") in Germany

    Venue Kleines Schauspielhaus Berlin
    Director Joseph Hubert Reusch
    Date 23 December 1920
    Cast Maximilian Sladek, Gertrud Eysoldt

     

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