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by Daniel Kehlmann, stage adaptation by Dirk Engler.

In his bestselling novel from 2005, Daniel Kehlmann tells the dual biography of two German geniuses: the explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and astronomer Carl Friedrich Gauß. Although both work their entire lives to understand the world, they could not be more different: While Humboldt battles through jungles and steppes, tests poisons on himself, crawls into earth holes, climbs volcanoes, and encounters cannibals, Gauß never ventures beyond the rectangular area of Braunschweig/Göttingen - yet he penetrates into spheres where parallels meet in the infinite.

Old, famous, and now a bit eccentric, they meet in Berlin in 1828. With their gaze directed towards distant expanses, both overlook the signs of a new era – and this catapults them right into the political and revolutionary turmoil of the post-Napoleonic world.

With underlying humor, Kehlmann paints the picture of two significant men along with their desires and weaknesses - and imaginatively depicts their balancing act between ridicule and greatness, failure and success.

Stage adaptation: Dirk Engler | Direction: Marco Ricciardo

The novel "Die Vermessung der Welt" was published by Rowohlt Verlag.

Recommendation for school classes (16+) | Student: €9 & teachers free | Registration via email to: anmeldung@theater-ravensburg.de

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