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The future of Hamburg

Art Theater is me.

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I mean the two of us.

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Most of the pla ys here

are shallow bourgeois stuff.

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But we visualize theater

that will involve e veryone...

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...the workers, the dockers.

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Where will you perform this theater?

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It doesn't matter.

I n the docks, factories, cellars.

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The y asked me about the pla y.

We promised it for last week.

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Let's get this opening night o ver first.

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We must pro ve that theater

has a political function.

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Before it can be political or

re volutionary, it first has to be good.

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Which actors will be in

this sort of theater?

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All who think like us. Even workers.

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It's what we sa y, not how we sa y it.

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But I've no qualms if

Hendrik stages our pla ys.

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Go on. Why are you looking at me?

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Am I not allowed to?

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If it pleases you, go ahead.

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Without you, I'll be finished, Barbara.

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There's too much e vil in me.

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Alone, I'm too weak to o vercome it,

but you could help me.

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I can't talk anymore. So many

thoughts are just parts I've pla yed.

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I lo ve you, Barbara.

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I'm in lo ve. With a woman.

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Juliette, am I a good looking man?

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I've ne ver seen you on stage.

Ma ybe you're handsome, but...

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...frankly, I've ne ver found

you good looking, but...

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...sometimes your cold cheating e yes

are those of a sad child.

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You do it well.

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Who ha ve you fallen for?

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- A girl.

- Great.

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You falling in lo ve...

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One da y you ma y just learn

how to walk, not just dance.

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Lo ve the girl, Heinz, and don't

tell me anything about her.

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- Do we keep in touch?

- Yes.

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You know what? I'm coming with you.

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I ha ve nothing to lose, Heinz.

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Are you crazy?

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See a psychiatrist.

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Though I'm sure you wouldn't

dare talk about yourself.

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Go, Heinz. We'll meet soon anywa y...

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...e ven if I don't want to.

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Grandmother, ha ve you a moment?

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- I'd like to introduce...

- Your fianc.

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I ha ve to take a closer look

at my new grandson.

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Not bad at all.

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Ex cuse my mother please,

she will be here shortly.

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I assume you know,

my dear Hfgen...

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...that lo ving mothers rarely want

their only sons to lea ve the nest.

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Hello, Sebastian.

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That is Sebastian.

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Mom.

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I'm really pleased.

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Barbara, my dear child.

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And I'm Nicoletta von Niebuhr...

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...the bride's best friend,

almost her sister.

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Often, the bridegroom's mistress.

Only onstage, of course.

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Ma y I call you Aunt Bella?

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But of course, Nicoletta.

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Let us lea ve the ladies to themselves.

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I'd like to show you my garden.

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I'd lo ve to see it.

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Ha ve you unsettling memories, too?

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You know, Barbara,

memories that give you the creeps?

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When I was about twelve,

I got into our school choir.

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I was o verjo yed. I thought I could

sing better than the other bo ys.

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We had to sing in church

at some wedding.

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I wanted to show off.

I was so proud of my soprano voice.

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I had a great idea. I sang

one octa ve higher than the others.

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As I stood there, proudly singing...

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...the music teacher looked at me

more in disgust than disappro val...

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...and he said softly,

"Just keep quiet."

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Do you understand?

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Softly and dryly he said,

"Just keep quiet."

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When I felt I was singing

like an angel.

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Do you ha ve such memories?

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No.

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You've ne ver felt

ashamed in your life.

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I often ha ve. That was the first time.

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I often ha ve to feel awfully

ashamed of myself.

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So ashamed,

I could sink down into hell.

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Do you understand me?

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This is the basement room.

The window faces the street.

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Here's a lamp post and here, too.

Behind it the bakery...

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...with workers' wives lined up.

- Stop!

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Great.

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Ms. Schult, you come up

past the window.

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Barbara, can you put a

lamp post here...

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...with a light to dazzle the a udience?

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Then you come here. "I'm Widow

Queck who hasn't paid the rent."

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We could ha ve se veral more

lamp posts in the a uditorium...

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