Inge Merkel: Odysseus und Penelope. Eine ganz gewöhnliche Ehe
Location : Glyptothek

Theatre in the courtyard of the Glyptothek – since 33 years – premiere on Wednesday, 13 July 2022

13 July to 17 September 2022 daily 8 p.m. (Thurs. 8.30 p.m.)
Play break 18 July, 23 July, 9-21 August 2022

Odysseus returns to his wife Penelope after an absence of 20 years.

"I want to write about marriage, a relationship in which man and woman also pay homage to the dregs, but above all, together and using their gendered otherness, back to back, face existence, the supremacy of the world, call it fate, necessity, chance or the whim of the gods." Inge Merkel


Tickets
Ticket reservation 10-12 / 15-18 h: 0171 300 62 59
Advance booking at the Glyptothek

Box office and admission one hour before the performance begins
Prices incl. water, wine, bread: € 28; reduced € 16


Further information
www.theaterspieleglyptothek.de



Photos: Ludo Vici

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Image Eyeballs of silver and pupils of red garnet are lost. Roman bronze after a Classical Greek model around 450 B.C.

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The Beauty

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The hero held in his left hand the cult statue of the Trojan Athena and in his right hand a sword. Roman copy of a work by Cresilas around 440 B.C.

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