Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy

Chemnitz Theatre (Germany)

Original title Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda

Running time 1 hour 20 minutes. No interval.
The performance is in German with English subtitles.
Première: 3 February 2012, Große Bühne, Schauspielhaus Chemnitz (DE)

Translator into German language Olaf Kühl
Director Mateja Koležnik
Dramaturg Torsten Buß
Set designer Henrik Ahr
Costume designer Alan Hranitelj
Choreographer Matija Ferlin
Author of music Coco Mosquito
Translator Peter Jakop
Assistant stage designer Rosa Maria Presta
Assistant director Jana Neubert
Stage manager Ilona Dittmann
Soufflage Manuela Landgraf

Cast
Yvonne Annett Sawallisch
King Ignace Bernd-Michael Baier
Queen Margarete Ellen Hellwig
Prince Philippe Sebastian Tessenow
The Chamberlain Hartmut Neuber
Isa Caroline Junghanns
Cyrill Yves Hinrichs
Inocenc Urs Rechn
Valentin Bernhard Conrad

All rights for play & translation licensed by S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main

Nobody would have thought that one day Yvonne would become a princess. Maybe not even herself. But nobody knows what Yvonne is actually thinking. Because she doesn’t speak. The day Prince Philippe discovers Yvonne on his Sunday stroll, he takes her straight away back to court as his fiancée – not only to the horror of his royal parents’. However they treat Yvonne, everything – politeness, hatred, and intimidation – deflects off her. And when Yvonne seems to fall in love with Prince Philipe, the royal court panics … An ingenious grotesque about how thin the lacquer of civilisation may be – and how narrow the line is between normality and insanity.