WHAT WOULD a society look like if people knew from the outset how long they are going to live? This is the question asked by the play Die Befristeten, which is to be performed by NUI Galway students.
Die Befristeten (translated as Their Days Are Numbered ), the 1964 play by Nobel prize winner Elias Canetti,, ponders a future society where knowing exactly how long you live is seen as an achievement of civilisation - everybody can plan their lives approprately and hence society is ordered and structured. The play questions this notion, as well as blind belief in prescribed values, and looks at freedom and the importance of the human spirit.
The play will be performed by final year students of German at NUIG, in German, in the Bank of Ireland Theatre at NUIG (beside the student bar ) from Tuesday March 14 to Thursday 16 (with a preview on Monday 13 ), at 7pm. Admission is free, and all are welcome. (English summary is available on the night ). The director is Dagmar Drabent.
