JOAKIM GROTH   

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Adaptation / Translations of Plays by Joakim Groth

JULIAN GARNER  

Death Of A Theatre Critic, The

1st Produced:

Pleasant Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

06 Aug 2010

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Original Playwright - Joakim Groth

Synopsis:

A short prologue introduces us to the themes of classic Greek tragedy regarding the notion of fate leading to inevitable death. We are then drawn into an intriguing cultural debate about the artistic and moral responsibilities regarding the creation and criticism of dramatic performance. At the police station, theatre director Karlo Menning (Groth) is questioned about the sudden death from heart failure - the result of strangulation - of theatre critic Matteus Breck. Menning explains that he had recently directed a play Evening With Lama which Breck had described in his review as dull and incomprehensible, perhaps implying more criticism of the direction than the play itself. While denying any knowledge of the death of the theatre critic, the Director clearly reveals feelings of bitter anger over the review, if not simmering hatred under his thin skin. In attacking and destroying his work in such a damning review, he believes the critic is a kind of murderer. What is more crucial than the who-dun-it murder story is the underlying argument over the power play and role of both a critic and a director.

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