#dantons tod

[nalyra-dreaming]

Incredible.

“The play follows the story of Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, during the lull between the first and second terrors. Georges Danton created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. With this, to be accused of anything real or imagined was to be condemned to death without trial, proofs, evidence or witnesses. Within months he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended. Robespierre stopped him and used the Tribunal to have Danton and all opposition killed, consolidate his power and slaughter uncounted thousands of French men, women, and children. Ultimately he followed Danton to the guillotine. Witnesses describe Danton as dying bravely comforting other innocents executed with him.“

Danton's Death - Wikipedia

Danton's Death - Wikipedia

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Peter Lorre Portraits by Lotte Jacobi

This page has a full shot of that top pic!

Caption: "Member of the Reinhardt-Bühnen," referring to the privately run theatres under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

Lorre's expression in the pic with the hat mesmerizes every time I see it. He manages to look young and world-weary at the same time.

Now I could be wrong, but I believe the very top two pics that start off this post are from the same photoshoot. I've always thought the second one was weirdly chopped off on all sides, like there should be more of Peter to see (sometimes you see a smidgen more of his tie, but that's about it). At the very least, surely Jacobi would have framed it differently even if she had zoomed in on his face.

The pic with Peter in the adorable wig (and the "You can't trust me, but we'll have fun" expression) is from his role as Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just in "Dantons Tod" (Danton’s Death), 1929.

Peter is at the top of the crowd next to Walter Franck as Robespierre.

Here's my original post about Peter as Saint-Just.

[nicht-ganz-allein-sunny]

Die Dantons-Tod-Experience von gestern Nacht

[josh-lanceero]

I kinda enjoyed this production...? Actually I love it. 

I like how Robespierre is always the one with the upper-hand during the confrontation (which is seldom the case in most of the German productions of the play I watched), so that the character is seemingly stern and powerful enough to deliver SJ’s notorious monologue.  

But I don’t like the two Robespierre-is-an-impotent-sadist indicators. I hope I am reading them wrong. (This Robi did the ”Er deutet mit blutigem Finger immer da, dahin! Ich mag so viel Lappen darum wickeln, als ich will, das Blut schlägt immer durch” line while grabbing his crotch. I lost it. Although my first instinct is why Maxime are you getting your period)

Making Robespierre tell the poor lonely orphan’s story from Woyzeck in the last scene after the homoerotic death of Danton is very VERY interesting. In Woyzeck The Grandma told the story to the kids gathering around Marie right before she was killed by Woyzeck. One way to interpret this is that the poor lonely kid is a metaphor for Woyzeck’s condition. I don’t know what to make of it. Is Robespierre telling himself the story? Is this Robespierre a combination of Marie and Woyzeck? 

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Bonus: "DIE JAFFA-ORANGEN DES RICHARD W. – ein israelisches Rheingold" 🍊

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[angelamontoo]

Idk how many times a Peter Character + parody can take off their heads. I feel like it's about 4?

That guy from springs awakening, the one from tales of terror, Slappy, Yetch.

Well, he doesn't strictly have his head taken off, but there is an episode of Ren and Stimpy where they're in an accident and Rens head ends up attached to Stimpys body

Also, as long as we're counting his plays, maybe this is kind of tasteless to bring up since he was a real person, but Peter also played Louis Antoine Saint Just, who was guillotined(though I'm not sure if his Death is shown in the play)

I feel like there must be some examples of Pete being beheaded in his radio work, but I can't think of any, sadly. Also, what's the verdict on whether or not Slippys also undead?

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