DIE ÄRZTIN

THE DOCTOR
by Robert Icke, very loosely based on "Professor Bernhardi" by Arthur Schnitzler

translated from the English by Christina Schlögl

Dr. Ruth Wolff is a medical luminary. She heads an institute specializing in Alzheimer's research at a prestigious private clinic. As the doctor on duty, she happens to be dealing with the case of a 14-year-old girl for whom there is no salvation after a failed operation. When a Catholic priest wants to give her the last rites, Ruth, a secular Jew, refuses to let him into the hospital room. As a result, the first sponsors threaten to withdraw their financial support for the hospital and the institute. In the end, Ruth finds herself exposed to a career- and livelihood-threatening media shitstorm, in which different religious, social and ethical positions mix with questions of identity, origin and gender and are irreconcilably opposed.

Artistic direction

Production: Miloš Lolić

Stage: Volker Thiele

Costumes: Ellen Hofmann

Lighting: Verena Mayr

Dramaturgy: Katrin Michaels