The Mirror in the Mirror
Two readers may read the same book, but they will still never read the same. Each of them will add themselves to the book. Therefore, a book is a mirror, mirroring the reader. But in the same way the reader is a mirror for the book. So what does a mirror show us when it is mirroring a mirror? Michael Ende’s literary cabinet of mirrors takes us into a maze of thoughts and images. Harmless and funny, surreal and scary stories surround us, just like the distorted and the natural pictures in a mirror’s cabinet. Only those who can muster the courage to face the surreal, will Michael Ende release out of his magic maze back into the open.
Theatre Rights
- First published in: 1983
- Theatre rights:
Verlag für Kindertheater
Max-Brauer-Allee 34
22765 Hamburg
Tel.: 040 / 60 79 09 916
Fax: 040 / 60 79 09 51
Ansprechpartnerin für Aufführungsgenehmigungen: Juliane Lachenmayer
E-Mail: kindertheater@vgo-kindertheater.de
www.kindertheater.de
Premiere
Stage version by Musiktheater Hessel & Post. Dresden 1999.