{"id":15761,"date":"2026-02-21T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=15761"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:51:58","slug":"on-hamlet-2","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/project\/on-hamlet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On &#8220;Hamlet&#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;]Virtues and shortcomings of the performance&#8230; The virtue lay in its greater simplicity. [&#8230;] Now, in \u201cHamlet\u201d&#8230; the core space remains virtually unfilled, but nowhere do secondary matters become the main focus.[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>Hamlet, a conversation piece. In some places, quite rightly so. Twenty years after the founding of the Freie B\u00fchne, people in their city certainly speak more naturally [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The most serious flaw, in my opinion, lies in the lack of control over the individual parts. The line towards the end becomes wavering, dull. A great director, it seems to me, brings intensity; he brings a sense of the whole; here, it is piece by piece (and fading towards the end)&#8230; the second half is fleeting&#8230; I don&#8217;t notice any growth in what has been achieved&#8230; One sees a tasteful Hamlet drama. Much of it is neatly toned, attuned, appealing, refined, delicious. I don&#8217;t want to say: a charming Hamlet. But instead of mythical clouds, something well-defined. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Moissi (with all his charms) was not a creature obsessed with ultimate questions. [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>A touching little Hamlet, yes. [\u2026]\u00a0 Alongside all the wonderful things. But we knew he had that. He was even charming &#8230; Except that he wasn&#8217;t that man in that play.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Alfred Kerr: Der Tag Nr. 245, 19.19.1909<\/em>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e74b474b89d\" data-id=\"69e74b474b89d\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; gap=&#8221;35&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e74b474b8db\" data-id=\"69e74b474b8db\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<style type=\"text\/css\">#dt-btn-1 {color: #888888;border-color: #ffffff;}#dt-btn-1 > .text-wrap * {color: #888888;}#dt-btn-1:hover {color: #ffffff;background: #888888;border-color: #888888;}#dt-btn-1:hover > .text-wrap * {color: #ffffff;}<\/style><a href=\"en\/theater\/\" class=\"btn-shortcode dt-btn-m dt-btn outline-bg-btn custom-btn-color custom-btn-hover-color\" id=\"dt-btn-1\"><span>&lt; back<\/span><\/a><div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69e74b474b988\" data-id=\"69e74b474b988\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtues and shortcomings of the performance&#8230; The virtue lay in its greater simplicity. 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He was even charming &#8230; Except that he wasn&#8217;t that man in that play.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Kerr: Der Tag Nr. 245, 19.19.1909<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[182],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-15761","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-room-3","dt_portfolio_category-182","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/15761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/15761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15764,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio\/15761\/revisions\/15764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_category?post=15761"},{"taxonomy":"dt_portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dt_portfolio_tags?post=15761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}