FAUST IN DINNER JACKET
BERLIN THEATRE’S EXPERIUNFAVOURABLE COMMENT. Australian and N.Z., Cable ‘ Association (Received April 9, 7.45 p.m.) BERLIN, April 9. Following the production of “Hamlet” in modern dress in London, the Volksbuhue Theatre in Berlin presented Goethe’s “Faust,” eliminating me- ' iacvalism.* Faust was robed as a university mootor. and wears a dinner jacket. Mepliistopheles waves an opera hat at the widow. Martha Gretchen’s home is a modere suburban villa, The critics express the opinion that tjie Gretchen tragedy is thus robbed of its ethical foundation, as it deals with the problems of a definite historical period, unlike Hamlet, which is • ueless i» its subject matter.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, 10 April 1926, Page 4
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