The Robbers

Details

This is the first great play by Schiller, regarded as Germany's Shakespeare. It tells the story of two brothers, a favoured and handsome son, and his ugly brother. The favoured son goes away to study, leaving the ugly son at home where he feeds his father lies about his brother, which in turn leads to the father disinheriting his favoured son. In the face of disinheritance, he sets up and leads a gang of robbers to improve the world around them, but their criminality escalates, turning them into terrorists, happy to kill women and children - as part of their purported mission to make the world a better place.

Cast/Performers

Alan Booty, Graham Bowe, Jamie Champion, Richard Delaney, Alexander Guiney, Antony Jardine, Paul Jellis, Dominik Kracmar, Michael Lindall, Lachlan McCall, Jonathan Plummer, Kate Sawyer, Edward Toll

Creatives/Company

Author: Friedrich Schiller
Company: The Faction Theatre Company
Adapted by(s): Daniel Millar, Mark Leipacher
Director: Mark Leipacher
Lighting: Matthew Graham
Music: Thomas Whitelaw