Machiavelli's power game: a prince on the way to the present!

Machiavelli's power game: a prince on the way to the present!

In a provocative staging of Niccolò Machiavelli's "The Prince", Daniel Doujenis appears as an ice -cold ruler who wants to eliminate all the hurdles for political dominance with a terrifying naturalness. In front of an audience in Theaterhalle 11 in Klagenfurt, the timeless philosophy of power of the work written in 1513 is alive, in which Doujenis embodies the terrifying strategies of Machiavelli in his role. "If you have to incorporate a state that you want to incorporate your own state, you have to wipe out this conquered state," explains Doujenis, who thus indicates dangerous priorities in international politics, in particular on current geopolitical tensions, such as between Canada and Ukraine.

director Alexander Mitterer makes it clear in this production that Machiavelli's ideas are surprisingly valid in modern politics. "You can actually find all the big ones in the text in the text", reflects Mitterer and moves parallels to historical rulers such as Hitler and Stalin. While Machiavelli's original text is considered a guide for autocratic rule, Mitterer discusses the challenge of bringing these philosophical concepts on stage. "Wisdom is to determine the type of evil and become less evil than something good," it says in the play, which underlines the human dimension in the middle of cool power policy. In his representation, Doujenis exposed the fascination of power and disgust at the same time; An art that enables the audience to reflect on the presentation and the ideas shown, says Doujenis.

a lively theater experience

until March 29, the breathtaking staging in Klagenfurt can be seen, where the topic power is not only discussed at a philosophical level, but also appeals to the challenges of humanity. Despite the cold war between powers, Machiavelli's work still attracts the admiration and the horror equally, as well as