Sophie Rois hits the wall at the Deutsches Theater

Venue: DT Stage - “I can allow myself to write the truth; everyone I've lied about all my life for the sake of is dead.”

The disaster comes because we dream of it. And we dream it because we fear it and we long for it. When disaster strikes, the embarrassing fantasies stop.

“The fact that you can neither feel nor think but act is the best therapy when people become mistaken about the products of their own imagination.” — Wolfgang Pohrt

Marlen Haushofer was born in Frauenstein, Upper Austria, in 1920. She is now one of the most important German-language authors of the 20th century and has received numerous literary awards. Her books have been translated into several languages and adapted for film and theatre. She died in Vienna in 1970.

The wall is an overwhelmingly impressive report of the complete isolation of a woman from society. The novel has been translated into several languages, adapted for film and theatre, and is considered Marlen Haushofer's most important work.