The Cat in the Bag

Description

The wealthy entrepreneur Pacarel wants to buy fame and recognition by becoming a patron of art and culture. He plans to engage the tenor Dujeton, who everyone is talking about, at the local opera and asks his friend Dufausset for help. However, at the same time, Dufausset sends his son to study law in Paris and entrusts him to Pacarel's care. Pacarel, who only sees what he wants to see, mistakes the attractive student for Dujeton, and fate takes its course. When Pacarel begins to doubt the singing talent of the supposed star tenor, it is already too late... Absurd mix-ups, small white lies with big consequences, and all kinds of mishaps and blunders: these are the ingredients of a genuine theatrical farce from the kitchen of GEORGES FEYDEAU (1862–1921). As the most important comedy writer of the Belle Époque, he wrote 24 full-length plays and 21 one-act plays. With sharp wit and virtuoso skill, he exposed our weaknesses in all their variety in his comedies. In "The Cat in the Bag," a banal misunderstanding and a fixed idea plunge the characters into a whirlpool of love entanglements, mix-ups, mishaps, and embarrassments. PRODUCTION Theater Kanton Zürich DIRECTION Rüdiger Burbach
STAGE AND COSTUMES Beate Fassnacht
MUSIC Felix Huber
WITH Michael von Burg, Fritz Fenne, Axel Julius Fündeling, Olivier Günter, Aaron Hitz, Alexandre Pelichet, Pit-Arne Pietz Recommended for ages 16 and up.

Highlights

• Farce by Georges Feydeau
• Directed by Rüdiger Burbach
• Recommended for ages 16 and up

General Information

The comedy "The Cat in the Bag" is performed at the Stadttheater Schaffhausen and tells the story of a wealthy entrepreneur who gets caught in a web of mix-ups and mishaps. The production brings the typical elements of farce to the stage with sharp wit and virtuoso performance.

Location

Herrenacker 23, 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland

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