Jongensuren - De Nieuwe Vorst
Toneelschuur Productions
Welcome to the world of Dutch sixties writer Andreas Burnier who, despite her progressive, still hyperactive work on identity and sexuality, has fallen into oblivion.
Burnier wrote about those topics in a way that sounds familiar now, but was still considered highly controversial at the time - and had great impact. Boys' Hours, the theatrical adaptation of Burnier's work, breathes the zeitgeist, the double standards of the postwar period, and the desire for freedom of a young Jewish lesbian woman in a world where “deviations” are frowned upon.
Burnier wrote about those topics in a way that sounds familiar now, but was still considered highly controversial at the time - and had great impact. Boys' Hours, the theatrical adaptation of Burnier's work, breathes the zeitgeist, the double standards of the postwar period, and the desire for freedom of a young Jewish lesbian woman in a world where “deviations” are frowned upon.
'On this trial everything depends. If this succeeds, I can move on, I can start a new life: drink, fight, fuck, go to sea, work in harbors, roam the docks at night, steed, ride, curse, scorch with men, woo women, become a great doctor - abroad, of course. Let the whole damn life drip down my chin like a juicy fruit, merde, at least be anything but obedient and modified out of fear of life.'
Photo: Gergely Ofner
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