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Imagine that your past fits in a suitcase. Or on a sheet of paper. Or in a theatre show. Imagine you had to tell someone where you come from, who you are – and you knew: there are many different versions of the truth.

"Many things are monstrous. Yet nothing is more monstrous than man."

In his play "Kinder der Sonne" ("Children of the Sun") from 1905, Maxim Gorki describes a group of Russian intellectuals who have become alienated from the people and from real life.

Who am I when no one is watching? And who can I be when everyone sees me? Dorian Gray is young, handsome and desirable. His looks open doors for him, earn him recognition, protect him.

In the world of the three sisters, time trickles by with them divorced from reality and longing for a romanticised past. They dream of their childhood when their father, the General, was still alive and Europe still seemed to be in order.

Auf Initiative von Michel Friedman und Igor Levit veranstaltet das Berliner Ensemble am 12. Juli um 20.00 Uhr unter dem Titel "Seid Menschen" eine Gedenkveranstaltung für Margot Friedländer.