A Brief ‘Visit’ into the Theatre of Grotesque

Leon Potter
Theatre Department
Arts & Humanities Colloquium Series
Vancouver Island University
What would you be prepared to do for a million dollars? This is the deceptively simple question asked by Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt in his 1956 play The Visit (first performed and published in German as Der Besuch der alten Dame), a satirical mediation on the relations between morality, justice, wealth, and violence.
On Friday, January 14, 2022 Leon Potter spoke about Dürrenmatt's play from the perspective of those who actually take (and set up) the stage-for The Visit is also an planned production from the VIU Theatre Department. The presentation gives us a unique look at the creative, behind-the-scenes world of putting on this fascinating play.