Karl Markovics - Karl Kraus - Kultur.Sommer.Semmering

What's it about?

"We have freedom of thought. Now we just need the thoughts." His sharp pen was as feared as it was admired, and his words show him to be a shrewd observer and chronicler of his time. Actor and audience favourite Karl Markovics commemorates the brilliant satirist with a personal selection of Kraus's texts. Kraus's witty humour made him one of the most important literary figures of old Austria. As editor of "Die Fackel", Kraus always challenged those in power, exposed grievances, and was not afraid of biting verbal skirmishes. Many of his satirical texts have lost none of their relevance and shrewdness. In critical writings and aphorisms, as well as in his monumental drama. In "The Last Days of Mankind", in which he sets a central scene in Semmering, Kraus unreservedly exposes the shortcomings of his contemporaries. Now Karl Markovics once again leads the audience into the world of thought of the humorous accuser and timeless observer - and people today can still run headlong into ruin just as well as yesterday.