More On This Later
A theatre performance by Gabriele Heller (theatre-between) and Claire Webster-Saaremets (Skimstone Arts) as part of Festival Robert Walser 19 – 25 March 2012
More on This Later is a performance response to Walser’s modernist writing. Realistic description and fictional creation seem to change so quickly in Walser’s texts, that you sometimes feel exhausted by reading only one short story. Ten characters are loosely tangled up in this distant love story between the waitress Edith and the Robber. The Robber is the main character of Walser’s last novel referred to as ‘a good for nothing, someone perpetually short of cash.’
Commission / Funders
Newcastle University, Prohelvetia – Swiss Arts Council, Robert Walser Zentrum, Culture Lab, Newcastle
Produced
2012
Performed
Culture Lab
Audience Feedback
“Thoroughly enjoyed every second – am off to read some Walser – converted! Playful!”
“A playful nature seeming to shrug at the solemn and the unthinking…Interesting to note the writer reveal he recited Brentano to himself, as depicted in one story. Brentano a romantic poet, if I recall correctly. Perhaps Walser related more to times decades past…”
“My first introduction to Walser and I loved him. Also the reading was a lovely compilation. I will be pursuing more. Thanks. (Especially loved ‘The Street’ and ‘Nervous’!”