Meine Königin
by Caren Jeßby Caren Jeß
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In her new play the multi-award-winning playwright Caren Jeß presents people who are struggling with their inheritance and weave stories around themselves and others. A play about the tender and empowering but also the intrusive and violent narratives that we invent about ourselves and others – a play about estrangement and empathy.
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Inga can’t take it any longer. Her mother’s 70th birthday is one big farce. All that showing off, all that pomp, the rich vanilla macarons, the shite-brown chestnut soup – but above all, her mother’s humiliating speech – prompt Inga to make a run for it. She simply runs off, running and running until she collapses at the edge of a field, ruining her cream-coloured dress. A young man rushes to her aid. His name is Boi and he’s interested in plants. A conversation develops that begins innocently but soon becomes increasingly intense. Inga has long since revealed intimate details of her life when she is struck by the suspicion that she might not be a complete stranger to the young man after all. He wants something from her.
»Whilst writing ›My Queen‹, I was particularly interested in what strikes us as mad and why. What turns a conversation that initially seems banal into a menacing dream journey, where truth and deception become blurred? What if the longing for love and mutual understanding creeps like a poisonous plant?« Caren Jeß
