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Charmant, gewitzt und immer Herr der Lage: Figaro (Chris Wester) weiß sich stets aus den misslichsten Situationen zu befreien. Foto: Info Graz, Christine Kipper.

Die Pennyless Players sprechen über den charmanten Tunichtgut

Wer hat nicht von ihm gehört: Figaro, der charmante und gewitzte Held aus Pierre Beaumarchais' Komödie "Die Hochzeit des Figaro" - von dubioser Herkunft, ein liebenswerter Tunichtgut und immer bis über beide Ohren verliebt! Spätestens seit der Mozart-Oper "Le nozze di Figaro" kennt die Welt den sympathischen Filou.

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Die Pennyless Players, die Theatertruppe des Instituts für Anglistik der Uni Graz, haben an den vergangenen beiden Wochenenden eine Neuintrepretation des Stoffes auf die Bühne gebracht. Das Webradio war bei der Premiere dabei und hat mit Regisseurin Deborah Siebenhofer und Hauptdarsteller Chris Wester gesprochen.

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