Thieves Theatre’s final significant production before the #tipionthehill was the controversial R. W. Fassbinder play, “Trash, the City and Death.”

Seven productions of the play were attempted, including by Fassbinder himself, each time unsuccessfully, succumbing to protest and scandal. Fassbinder had stipulated that the play needed to premiere in either Frankfurt or New York, where the play’s theme of rampant, destructive real estate speculation was part of the zeitgeist. In 1987 Thieves Theatre secured the rights and presented the world premiere of the play at ABC No Rio.

Scores of articles, books and critical analyses have been written about this play and its significance to post-WWII German/Jewish relations, but in this episode, Nick and Gabriele encapsulate both the controversy in Germany, as well as their production in NYC. Together with The Marat/Sade in the previous episode, Trash, the City and Death displays clearly the trajectory leading to how Nick and Gabriele came to erect a tipi in a shantytown.

Some links that help explain the controversy:

Der Spiegel, March 1987 - about Thieves' production

New German Critique, Spring/Summer 1986 - about the controversy

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