Es war die Nachtigall

“It Was the Nightingale”—a musical comedy based on the play “It Was the Lark” by Ephraim Kishon. Performed by the Uckermärkische Bühnen Schwedt at the Stadtklubhaus Hennigsdorf.

Love is in the air—but what if true love doesn’t end in tragic death, but has to survive the everyday realities of married life? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—the most famous love story of all time. A couple, madly in love, united forever.

But Ephraim Kishon dares to pose a thought experiment: What if Juliet had woken up in time, and the two of them were now—30 years later—stuck in Verona?

Romeo is a failed ballet teacher, and Juliet doesn’t fare any better in her role as a housewife. Both are overwhelmed by the banality of everyday life. Their daughter Lucretia is going through puberty, the nurse has her own romantic desires, and Father Lorenzo, now a proud 98 years old, isn’t exactly breathing new life into the whole situation.

When William Shakespeare himself suddenly appears to set his tragedy right again, the situation finally escalates.