Literaturklub

In the organizer's words:

"Read - read - read a lot. Read everything," said the writer Henry James. The literature club at the Schauspielhaus lives by this motto. Launched in 2009 by the theater's dramaturgy department, literature enthusiasts have now been meeting once or twice a month for 10 years for a lively exchange about a work they have read together, which is suggested and selected by the group.

From A for Chinua Achebe to Z for Stefan Zweig and over 200 other books in between, such as Bernhard Schlink, Jenny Erpenbeck, Franz Kafka, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" or Voltaire's "Candide", always linked to current theater productions - which offers the opportunity to take another look at what has been read before. Whether classics or new literature, whether European, American, Asian or African - all times and continents are explored. Talking about the books also sheds light on the circumstances of their creation and the biographies of the authors. The group seeks to discuss the "beautiful, the good, the true and the silly, the superfluous and the banal" (quote from Denis Scheck). Perhaps sometimes "all questions remain unanswered", but they never become speechless. Literature always inspires new and interesting reflections on God, the world and life. The club cordially invites all those who also enjoy literature to join us occasionally, often or regularly with suggestions and/or a desire to read.

Registration:
bo.wilschnack@theater-magdeburg.de

Program for the coming weeks:

Thomas Mann: "The Chosen One"

Tue. 25.2.25, 7.30 p.m.

Mariana Leky: "What you can see from here"

Tue. 25.3.25, 7.30 pm

H.G. Wells: "War of the Worlds"

Tue. 8.4.25, 7.30 pm

Julian Barnes: "Flaubert's Parrot"

Tue. 29.4.25, 7.30 pm