Frankenburger Würfelspiel

About the show

In a prologue, the audience is made the ultimate judge of a ten-scene trial of Baron von Herberstorff, Emperor Ferdinand II, and their advisers over the Thirty Years’ War and the 1625 killing of Frankenburg peasants. After the rulers reproduce the peasants’ life-or-death dice game, a black-armored knight makes them roll and the judges condemn them. The Thing play uses chorus, processions, and a three-level stage.