Inside the Skeleton of the Whale

Variations over Before the Law by Franz Kafka

Kafka's short story Before the Law tells of a man from the country who, out of subjection and obedience, does not dare to pass through the Door of the Law.

Into this theme the performance weaves metaphysical and nihilistic urges, subterranean plots and black apocryphal versions of the Holy Books. Despair disguises itself as hope, and spiritual extremism assumes an appearance of mocking scepticism. The public space of the theatre turns into a paradoxical space of shared solitude.

The title refers to a verse of the Gospel according to Matthew: Our evil and adulterous generation demands a sign. But no sign will be given to us, except for the sign of Jonas.

Actors: Kai Bredholt, Roberta Carreri, Jan Ferslev, Elena Floris, Donald Kitt, Tage Larsen, Sofía Monsalve,  Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Julia Varley, Frans Winther

Directed by: Eugenio Barba

Dansk: I HVALENS SKELET - Ovenstående tekst på dansk
Espanol: EN EL ESQUELETO DE LA BALLENA - El texto anterior en español

Italiano: NELLO SCHELETRO DELLA BALENA - Il testo di cui sopra in italiano

First performance: Holstebro, February 1997

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