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The Great Gatsby 2024 Lois Baglin, Andrew Mockler ©Leonard Benedict

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald – Guest Event

There will be a total of six performances, on Thursday, February 06, and Friday, February 07, 2025.

Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922, and gradually becomes friends with a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties. Nick is drawn into a world of new money, decadence and deception. He discovers that Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan, a rich cousin who is already married but who, when re-united with Gatsby, decides to leave her husband. Tragedy inevitably follows. A car crashes, a secret lover of Daisy’s husband is killed and Gatsby is eventually murdered because he is assumed to have driven the car. Nick observes all the characters as they play out their own tragedy, driven by cynicism and selfishness. Yet he admires Gatsby right to the end, because Gatsby’s motives are driven by love and hope, rather than greed.

Published in 1925, four years before the catastrophic collapse of the American stock markets, Fitzgerald’s novel graphically portrays a society being destroyed by money and dishonesty, an American Dream of happiness and individualism degenerating into the mere pursuit of wealth.

The obvious contemporary relevance is made clear in this exciting new stage adaptation by Leo Benedict. Filled with live and evocative jazz music from the twenties, this production recreates the glitz and decadence of the period. The tense and absorbing drama is played out to its dramatic climax by a cast of five actors fast-paced, visually evocative and highly theatrical.

ADGE has been touring exciting and original stage productions throughout the world for 40 years. The company has gained a reputation for engaging and enthralling audiences young and old.

The play will be performed in English by the American Drama Group Europe.

Duration: 90 minutes
Director: Leo Benedict
Producer: Grantly Marshall

 

Photo: The Great Gatsby 2024 Lois Baglin, Andrew Mockler ©Leonard Benedict

Thursday, February 06, 2025

  • First performance: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
  • Second performance: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Third performance: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

 

Friday, February 07, 2025

  • First performance: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
  • Second performance: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Third performance: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. 

Advance booking: Admission 30€ (students/pupils 14€) plus service fee
Box office: Admission 35€ (students/pupils 17€)

Tickets can be purchased via www.adg-europe.com and 089/343803.

Amerikahaus München

Karolinenplatz 3, 80333, München

For more information or questions, contact info@adg-europe.com or visit the website of the American Drama Group Europe www.adg-europe.com.