Die Weber

Hülsmann, Ingo

Hacker, Norman

Franken, Christoph

Arens, Elias

Lehmann, Sven

Wichmann, Katrin

Graf, Markus

Moltzen, Peter

Eisinger, Claudia

Gerber, Michael

Heinz, Gabriele

Huth, Jurgen

Author: Hauptmann, Gerhart

Television Director: Morell, Andreas

Set Designer: Altmann, Olaf

Stage Director: Thalheimer, Michael

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Catalogue Number: THE10139

UPC: 4280000101396

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With mechanical looms and cheap imported cotton, wages have fallen and poverty among weavers has risen. The manufacturer Thirtiger wants to push the wages even further and has no sympathy for the complaints of his workers. Hunger drives the weavers to fight, the despair to violence.

Hauptmann's drama written in the Silesian dialect deals with the Weber uprising of 1844. The author has studied the historical sources for his social drama, quotes verbatim and takes over the course of the insurrection down to the last detail.