{"id":15739,"date":"2026-02-21T14:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=15739"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:56:10","slug":"on-dantons-death","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/project\/on-dantons-death\/","title":{"rendered":"On &#8220;Danton&#8217;s Death&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The play at the Deutsches Theater flew by at a rapid pace, with Reinhardt&#8217;s usual imaginative and atmospheric staging of the crowd scenes. The first scene shows the great revolutionary, tired of politics, sitting at a card table surrounded by his friends, listening to a frivolous young woman recount her adventures. 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