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- Demokratie (Democracy) ist ein Theaterstück in zwei Akten von Michael Frayn. Seine Handlung thematisiert die Kanzlerschaft Willy Brandts und seinen Rücktritt im Zuge der Guillaume-Affäre. Das Stück wurde in der Inszenierung von Michael Blakemoore am 9. September 2003 am Royal National Theatre in London uraufgeführt. Die deutschsprachige Erstaufführung des in der Übersetzung von Michael Raab rund 2 Stunden und 40 Minuten langen Werkes fand am 6. Mai 2004 am Berliner Renaissance-Theater statt. (de)
- Democracy is a play by Michael Frayn which premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre on September 9, 2003. Directed by Michael Blakemore, and starring Roger Allam as Willy Brandt and Conleth Hill as Günter Guillaume, it won the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards for Best Play. Democracy premiered on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on November 18, 2004, and ran for 173 performances. It was nominated for the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award as Best Play. It has also been staged in Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki (2005), Wellington, Vancouver, Toronto and Moscow (2016). A revival of the play, directed by Paul Miller at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, transferred to London's Old Vic Theatre in 2012. The play, based on actual events, deals with the decision West German chancellor Willy Brandt had to make about exposing the Communist spy Günter Guillaume who worked as his secretary and had heard some of the state's most important secrets. (en)
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