Ritter, Dene, Voss November 17, 2006

Ritter, Dene, Voss involves the Worringer sisters —both Viennese actresses— preparing for their brother’s return from the Steinhof mental institution in Vienna, where he has been a patient for some time. Dene is the driving force behind an attempt at reintegrating him into family life while Ritter remains skeptical. When Voss, a tormented genius (loosely based on last century’s great, idiosyncratic philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein), finally appears, it becomes clear that he never planned to stay for good. The play takes place before, during, and after lunch, unfolding through caustic dialogue in this ‘misanthropic comedy.

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One Little Goat’s production of Ritter, Dene, Voss marks the play’s English language premiere. The play was first performed in German by Ilse Ritter, Kirsten Dene and Gert Voss at the Salzburg festival in 1986. It went on to be performed with the original cast at the Burgtheater in Vienna every two years for the next ten years.

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