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In Acht und Bann is a comedy in one act by Christoph Hein , which premiered on April 29, 1999 in the German National Theater Weimar under the direction of Katja Paryla . The text appeared in the same year as part of the “Christoph Hein. Pieces ”from Aufbau-Verlag Berlin.

The viewer experiences a free period in the prison yard. The play is the continuation of " The Knights of the Round Table ", a comedy by Hein from 1989.

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The Arthurian Empire is no more. Prime Minister Mordret , this Klingsor puppet , rules the successor kingdom , a democracy. The new ruler has imprisoned the knights of the round table - representatives of the defunct dictatorship. All detainees have been given life sentences for their crimes and have been in office for at least a year. Only Parzival , that traitor, didn't hold back in court and got away at the age of twenty. Keie , Lancelot and Orilus pretend nothing has happened behind the insurmountable walls of the citadel . You don't feel guilty. In a meeting of their self-appointed “government” behind bars, the three prisoners apply to the prison management for a company car for their three-man trunk cabinet. The three prisoners prepare doggedly for the renewed takeover of power in the country. Arthur, on the other hand, the main culprit, is glad about the fall of his kingdom. When Uta, a nice nurse who measures the prisoners' blood pressure every day, brings him a message from her son Ekkehard, he no longer wants to see what has been announced and demands a large number of sleeping pills. Because the liberation command 'Arthur' of the Young Knights holds out the prospect of an undertaking.

Parzival grows pretty flowers in the very shady inner courtyard of the citadel every day during free time; create a bed that will bloom all year round. Arthur turns away from the "government" practicing democratic virtues and helps the quiet flower grower with an honorable gesture. The women enjoy freedom outside. Orilus had Jeschute told that he had become a believing Christian. He wants to be married to Jeschute in retrospect. Arthur still loves Ginevra . She lives in Merveille, the castle of the hundred women. Parzival hopes to get out sooner. He has already been nominated for three board positions.

The daily free hour in the inner courtyard of the citadel is drawing to a close. The five prisoners will have to go back to their cells.

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The three nasty old men Keie, Lancelot and Orilus drool incessantly about democracy outside in freedom. The ranting about the media, which unfortunately cannot be shut down, and the discussion about “the misery of the people” sound like belated and bitter polemics .

The well-known Heinschen anachronisms should not be missing in this story from the Middle Ages: newspaper, file folder, cabinet, bell, café, prison management, ministry, World Bank , International Monetary Fund , corporation, government program, state security , media, film and television. Then there are strange twists. For example, when the small “cabinet” is practicing unfamiliar democratic procedures, it clings to the “Small Handbook for People's Representatives” by Immanuel More. There is no such thing. Presumably the viewer is supposed to associate Kant and More .

Hein writes down some foreign words with a light hand, such as disaster, blasfemy and filantropic .

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Klingsor from the West: While the knights of the round table were seen by some onlookers as a portrayal of the mighty in the GDR as early as 1989, Hein speaks a little more clearly on the subject ten years later. In the Arthurian Empire (be it something like the GDR) there were 23 ministers. The declared enemy of the Grail Knights has always been Klingsor. From all that has been said so far, it is not very difficult for that viewer to piece together. In both comedies that belong together, Klingsor stands for the "ruler" of the evil FRG .

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  1. ↑ Henschel / Acting / Theater / Pieces ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Entry on "In Acht und Bann". @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.henschel-schauspiel.de
  2. ↑ Edition used, p. 108, 7th Zvu