KABALE UND LIEBE (Cabals and Loves) [Dramatic Revival/German Language] A: Friedrich Schiller; D: Oscar Fritz Schuh; S/C: Ursula Schuh; L: Heinz Kraile, Friedrich Schoberth; P: Gert von Gontard Foundation presents Szene 1971; T: Barbizon-Plaza Theatre (OB); 11/2/71-11/7/71 (8)
Note: no photos are available for this production
Cabals and Loves or,
as it’s better known in English, Love and
Intrigue, is a 1784 semi-classic drama by German playwright Friedrich
Schiller which was seen locally in this touring version by the German company
Szene 71. Richard F. Shepard viewed it as “an old-fashioned play with constant
intrusions of—pardon the expression—relevance, with its commentaries on
middle-class morality and class conflicts.”
Staged with barely any scenery and a lack of movement, Kabale und Liebe concentrated on the
author’s linguistic brilliance, lost, of course, on non-German-speaking
audiences. For those with the language, Shepard said “the acting is quite good.”
The only known previous New York staging was another German version, seen in
1928.
The same company also produced an adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial during their tenure in New York.
