EMILIA GALOTTI

About the show

In the 18th century, the monarch reigned supreme, an absolute ruler. But it is also the age of the emerging bourgeoisie. Two ideologies that diametrically oppose each other. During this time of great tension and unrest, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing writes a new kind of drama, in which not only the fate of kings is the material for tragedies, but bourgeois life is also brought to the stage. Emilia Galotti is a young bourgeois woman. She is in love with Count Appiani and wants to marry him. A marriage of love. But when Prince Gonzaga sees a painting of her, he is infatuated. From his higher position in society, the prince claims to have a right to Emilia. Violence is not shunned. On the way to her wedding, Emilia is overtaken and Appiani is killed. Emilia is brought to the prince’s summer palace – for her own safety, or so she is told. There she is caught between the prince and her father. The former tries to win her and the latter is supposed to help her, but to no avail. Two years ago, Maren E. Bjørseth created A bride in the morning, her first project for TA-2, the platform for the development of directorial talent, in collaboration with Frascati Producties. The performance was selected for the Nederlands Theater Festival. Emilia Galotti is produced in collaboration with Toneelschuur Producties.