Wunschloses Unglück
Wunschloses Unglück
Wunschloses Unglück is a multi-media adaptation of Peter Handke's novel, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, directed by Katie Mitchell. The book is a semi-autobiographical work based on the life of Handke's mother, and an investigation by the author into the circumstances that lead her to take her own life.
The piece was premiered at the Burg Theatre in Vienna in February 2014, for which Melanie designed the sound.
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Team:
Director: Katie Mitchell
Director of Photography: Grant Gee
Design: Lizzie Clachan
Costume: Sussie Juhlin-Wallen
Video: Finn Ross
Music: Paul Clark
Sound Design: Melanie Wilson, Gareth Fry
Lighting: Jack Knowles
Dramaturg: Amely Joana Haag
Cast:
Die Tochter/Kamera: Liliane Amuat
Die Mutter: Dorothee Hartinger
Stimme des Sohns: Peter Knaack
Stimme der Mutter: Petra Morzé
Der Pfarrer: Robert Reinagl
Der Schwiegersohn/Kamera: Laurence Rupp
Der Sohn: Daniel Sträßer
Die trauernden Frauen: Christine Binder, Susanne Hahnl, Elfie Rosner
Kamera: Andreas Hartmann, Stefan Kessissoglou, Sebastian Pircher
Foley: Ruth Sullivan
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The piece was premiered at the Burg Theatre in Vienna in February 2014, for which Melanie designed the sound.
Team:
Director: Katie Mitchell
Director of Photography: Grant Gee
Design: Lizzie Clachan
Costume: Sussie Juhlin-Wallen
Video: Finn Ross
Music: Paul Clark
Sound Design: Melanie Wilson, Gareth Fry
Lighting: Jack Knowles
Dramaturg: Amely Joana Haag
Cast:
Die Tochter/Kamera: Liliane Amuat
Die Mutter: Dorothee Hartinger
Stimme des Sohns: Peter Knaack
Stimme der Mutter: Petra Morzé
Der Pfarrer: Robert Reinagl
Der Schwiegersohn/Kamera: Laurence Rupp
Der Sohn: Daniel Sträßer
Die trauernden Frauen: Christine Binder, Susanne Hahnl, Elfie Rosner
Kamera: Andreas Hartmann, Stefan Kessissoglou, Sebastian Pircher
Foley: Ruth Sullivan
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