by Marguerite Duras | Adapted for the stage from the French novel by Barbara Henninges | German premiere
“There’s something else, definitely, there’s something else.”
A Woman in Love
A city on the coast. A woman waiting there. A man who has returned. A second man—perhaps a stranger—who acts as an observer. The sea. A few days in the lives of these loosely connected people. A triad of memory, love, and farewells, of loss and grief. Once upon a time, there was longing and togetherness; the characters lived in orderly circumstances, decisions were made, suffering and disappointments caused grief, and misfortune struck. But all that lies in the past. Now existence is heading toward silence; longing turns to melancholy, and loneliness looms on the horizon.
The atmospheric prose of this great French author weaves a mosaic of words, glances, and tentative interactions among her protagonists, whose desires, hopes, and defeats—already steeped in experience—touch the reader deeply and reflect both the beauty and the pain of existence. Written in magnificent language and featuring vivid insights into the human heart.
Marguerite Duras, born in 1914 in the former French colony of Gia Dinh (now Vietnam) and died in 1996 in Paris, became—overnight—world-famous with her autobiographical novel *The Lover*—which won the Prix Goncourt — and left behind an extensive body of prose. She is also known for her screenplay for the film *Hiroshima, mon amour*, for her plays, and as a film director. In addition to the Grand Prix du théâtre de l’Académie Française for her entire body of work, she received, among other honors, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the Prix Jean-Cocteau, and the Prix Ritz-Paris-Hemingway.
Director Živa Bizovičar studied at the Academy of Theater, Radio, Film, and Television in Ljubljana, has directed productions in Slovenia and Macedonia, made a guest appearance at the European Fast Forward Festival at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden—where she won the Audience Award in 2025—and has received, among other honors, the Borštnik Prize at the 59th Maribor Theater Festival, the Šeligo Prize from the Week of Slovenian Drama, and the Theater Critics’ Association Prize.
