Die Ärztin (The Doctor)
by Robert Icke very freely adapted from «Professor Bernhardi» by Arthur Schnitzlerby Robert Icke very freely adapted from «Professor Bernhardi» by Arthur Schnitzler
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Robert Icke has brilliantly adapted Arthur Schnitzler's play «Professor Bernhardi» for the present day. In his version, the doctor Ruth Wolff not only comes into conflict with her colleagues and the maxims of the Catholic Church, but also finds herself caught up in a media storm. The London Times celebrated «The Doctor» as «open-heart surgery on our present, which becomes more complicated the deeper you cut.»
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Dr. Ruth Wolff is a distinguished expert in the medical community. She runs an institute specialising in Alzheimer’s reseach at a prestigious private clinic. However, her undiplomatic style does not always make her popular with her colleagues. As the doctor on call she becomes involved indirectly in the case of a 14-year-old girl who dies following a botched procedure. When a Catholic priest wishes to administer the last rites, Ruth, an agnostic Jew, refuses to allow him into the room. Ruth regards the dispute as a trivial matter where her actions were well within her rights, but the incident soon has major
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