A comedy by Matthieu Delaporte Translated into German by Georg Holzer
“All right, then. Let’s kill me, and we’ll see what happens next.” Just as inconspicuously and unobtrusively as he has lived, that’s how he wants to leave this world. The apartment is perfectly tidy; his electricity service and home insurance have been canceled. Now all Bernhard has to do is jump from the fourth floor to leave his unfulfilled life behind. He already has one foot on the windowsill—when there’s a knock at the door, and shortly afterward, a man stands in the living room with a drawn pistol, ready to shoot Bernhard. But instead of simply getting the job done right away, the two strike up a conversation. In the face of death, their most personal secrets are revealed, existential questions about life are pondered, and they engage in a verbal battle over life and death. Just when it’s become clear that the two have much more in common than they thought, the stranger reveals his true identity. But then events come to a head, and Bernhard summons all his courage to save Clara, the neighbor he has secretly admired—even though death has long since arrived on the scene.
What makes life worth living? What is worth living for? The latest comedy by Matthieu Delaporte—who previously delighted audiences worldwide and at the Theater Vorpommern with the play *The First Name*, co-written with Alexandre de la Patellière—is a fireworks display of verbal wit, unexpected twists, and dark humor.