The Blue Room Play

It is a bleak commentary on loveless sexm and basic human nature.

The blue room play.

Schnitzler completed the play in 1900 but did not intend it to be performed even calling the series of scenes unprintable he intended them. The blue room is a 1998 play by david hare adapted from the 1897 play der reigen written by arthur schnitzler 1862 1931 and more usually known by the french translation la ronde schnitzler s play. The blue room is a brilliant meditation on men and women sex and social class actors and the theater. Performance at bath spa university of david hare s the blue room.

With deft insight about the gap between the sexes the blue room takes the treacherous freudian subject of projection and desire and reinvents it in a bittersweet landscape that is both eternal and completely up to date. The blue room a modern adaptation of arthur schnitzler s la ronde depicts a daisy chain of ten sexual encounters between five women and five men all portrayed by one actor and one actress the play explores the power struggle and sexual dynamics between characters of different backgrounds. The blue room original play broadway opened in new york city dec 13 1998 and played through feb 25 1999.