The Fire Raisers (2008)

Poster by Poster designer

by Max Frisch

Directed by Richard Watkins

Performances: Tue 15th - Sat 19th April 2008, Prompt Corner

Auditions

• Wednesday 19th December, 8-10pm (Prompt Corner)
• Thursday 20th December, 8-10pm (Bell Theatre)
• Sunday 23rd December, 6-8pm (Rehearsal Room)

Introduction

A spate of arson attacks is terrorising the country. The arsonists insinuate themselves into respectable people’s homes to use as a base for starting the fires which are wreaking havoc.

Capitalist, Herr Biedermann is forthright in his condemnation of those responsible, happy to hold forth on the subject with little prompting. So, how does Herr Biedermann react when a strange man shows up at his home seeking food and shelter?

Swiss writer, Max Frisch’s most famous play was written in the late 1950’s, and is a black comedy of the most grotesque kind. It appears to have resonances with fears of terrorism in Britain in recent times. It is also a tremendously funny play about how very middle class, small minded people might deal with the direct threat of "others".

I would like to bring out the stylised nature of the play in the staging, whilst also retaining the essential humanity in the reactions to the awfulness of the story unfolding.

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See Also

• The Fire Raisers (1970)

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