The Game of Kings

What is a woman to do when she is besieged by two madmen? The first saves her body, the second opens up her soul. The first is generous, rich, magnanimous; the second is witty and full of charm. The first is hysterical; the second, by contrast, is choleric. The first threatens to kill himself, the second to let the Nazis kill him. What can a woman do when she cares for both of them equally? Kohout's play is written with irony, subtlety and black humour. There is a certain tragicomic madness in the way every character in this production behaves. Real dramas mix with the absurdity of the situations, lies with the truth, and only so does the "game of life" become complete.