Burgtheater
Vienna, Austria
Premiere: 7/05/2011
Author: Anton Chekhov
Title: Platonov
Direction: Alvis Hermanis

17 October 2015, 6:00 PM
18 October 2015, 5:00 PM
Scene: Boguslawski Hall

Running time: 4 hours 45 min
intervals: 1

performance played in German with Polish surtitles

Ticket prices:

full-price ticket:
zone I: 85 PLN
zone II: 75 PLN
balcony: 65 PLN

half-price ticket:
zone I: 75 PLN
zone II: 65 PLN
balcony: 55 PLN

standing tickets:
40 PLN

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Platonov

One of the finest Burgtheater's perfomances of the last years.

Platonov, an early drama by Chekhov, directed by Alvis Hermanis, a Latvian master of stage realism, with wondrous acting, notably of Martin Wuttke and Johanna Wokalek.

director: Alvis Hermanis
scenography: Monika Pormale
costume design: Eva Dessecker
lighting design: Gleb Filshtinsky
dramaturgy: Klaus Missbach

Cast:

Anna Petrovna Vojniceva Dörte Lyssewski
Sergej Philipp Hauß
Sofja Johanna Wokalek
Glagoljev 1 Peter Simonischek
Glagoljev 2 Dietmar König
Petrin Franz J. Csencsits
Scerbuk Hans Dieter Knebel
Marja Grekova Yohanna Schwertfeger
Trileckij Bernd Birkhahn
 Nikolaj Martin Reinke
Vengerovic 1 Klaus Pohl
Vengerovic 2 Fabian Krüger
Michail Platonov Martin Wuttke
Saša Sylvie Rohrer
Katja Brigitta Furgler

THE BURGTHEATER – Austrian national theatre, located by the Ring Road in Vienna. In 1776, by a decree issued by the emperor Joseph II, it gained the satus of a "German National Theatre" of all the German states. To date, it is the biggest German language theatre in the world, currently under the direction of Karin Bergmann.

Burgtheater, „Platonov” dir. Alvis Hermanis; Brigitta Furgler (Katja), Johanna Wokalek (Sofja). Phot. Georg Soulek

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