Men Asleep

Favourite stage direction: “The two men sway together. Paul raises his arms as if to say ‘This has nothing to do with me’. Beethoven: the Bagatelle resumes at the climbing semi-quavers. The high tessitura makes the swaying men appear almost like figures on the top of a musical box. Lights fade to black, but the music completes, giving way to tape-hiss.” (Martin Crimp’s Men Asleep)

Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet classical music Continental style Des Hommes Endormis Ludwig van Beethoven Martin Crimp Men Asleep modernism stage directions violence