{"id":35029,"date":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/theatre-department-presents-hamletmachine\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:56:16","slug":"theatre-department-presents-hamletmachine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/theatre-department-presents-hamletmachine\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Department Presents Hamletmachine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The Department of Theatre will present <em>Hamletmachine<\/em> March 18-22 in the Anne R. Belk Theater of Robinson Hall. German playwright Heiner M\u00fcller wrote <em>Hamletmachine<\/em> in 1977 after completing a translation of Shakespeare\u2019s famous tragedy. Considered a leading example of postmodern theatre, it has been called \u201ca powerful and enduring creation\u201d by the <em>New York Times<\/em>. The play does not follow a standard plot, but presents a series of monologues that dispel, according to the playwright, \u201cthe illusion that one can stay innocent in this our world.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Heiner M\u00fcller, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1996\/01\/03\/nyregion\/heiner-muller-the-playwright-and-social-critic-dies-at-66.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who died in 1995<\/a>, is considered Germany\u2019s greatest dramatist since Bertolt Brecht and wrote nearly 30 stage works. Although little known in the United States, in Europe he is among the most performed 20<sup>th<\/sup>-century playwrights.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00fcller\u2019s deconstruction of <em>Hamlet<\/em> was inspired by his severe disappointment in the failure of communism in East Germany (he lived in East Berlin), and his despair over the division of Germany following World War II \u2013 a country \u201ccleft in twain,\u201d like Gertrude\u2019s (Hamlet\u2019s mother\u2019s) heart. The renowned experimental theatre director Robert Wilson mounted the widely acclaimed English-language premiere of the play in 1986 at New York University.<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with its production of <em>Hamlet<\/em> this past fall, the Department chose to present <em>Hamletmachine<\/em> as part of a year-long celebration of Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago. The production is directed by Robin Witt, assistant professor of theatre, and includes 27 student actors. While <em>Hamletmachine<\/em>, like <em>Hamlet<\/em>, comprises five acts, it is just 50 minutes long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Performances are March 18, 19, 21 and 22 at 7:30 pm<\/strong> and <strong>March 20 at 2:00 pm.<\/strong> Tickets are $18 for general admission; $12 for UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and alumni; $10 for seniors; and $8 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling 704-687-1849 or <a href=\"http:\/\/unccboxoffice.universitytickets.com\/user_pages\/event_listings.asp\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A talkback with Dr. Caroline Weist, Visiting Professor at Davidson College, will be held after the performance on Saturday, March 19. Caroline Weist is a theater and performance studies scholar. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014 for her dissertation on the entangled concepts of prosthesis and \u201c<em>Heimat<\/em>\u201d (\u201chome\u201d) in 20-century German theater. Her primary research interest lies in performance studies, specifically in the interactions between theatrical performance and disability, gender, and queer theory, and she has published on plays by Bertolt Brecht and Georg Kaiser. Informed by her experience as managing director of a German-American theater troupe, her current book project explores how theater illuminates the complex and contradictory history of the term <em>Volksk\u00f6rper<\/em> (\u201cthe body of the people\u201d) in 20th-century German culture.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Theatre will present Hamletmachine March 18-22 in the Anne R. Belk Theater of Robinson Hall. German playwright Heiner M\u00fcller wrote Hamletmachine in 1977 after completing a translation of Shakespeare\u2019s famous tragedy. Considered a leading example of postmodern theatre, it has been called \u201ca powerful and enduring creation\u201d by the New York Times. 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