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WINGS OF DESIRE
stage adaptation by Gideon Lester and Dirkje Houtman
after the film Wings of Desire (Himmel uber Berlin), directed by Wim Wenders, with screenplay by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke, and Richard Reitinger
In association with Toneelgroep Amsterdam
directed by Ola Mafaalani
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Based on Wim Wenders' unforgettable film, Wings of Desire is about the borders, visible and invisible, that divide us – borders between East and West, between angels and people, between two human beings. Damiel, a guardian angel, falls in love with a lonely trapeze artist, sacrificing his wings and his immortality to join her on earth – and to taste human life.
For this stunning new stage adaptation the A.R.T. is partnering with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the Netherlands' premier theatre company. Wings of Desire is staged by Ola Mafaalani, one of Europe's most celebrated young directors, whose productions are contemporary, passionate, physical, and intensely alive.
Running time is approximately one hour forty minutes with no intermission.
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| Damiel and Cassiel are angels, assigned for eternity to observe and catalogue human behavior. Damiel has begun to yearn for more than his remote, spiritual existence; he yearns for human contact, for physical sensation, and for love. He encounters Marion, a lonely trapeze artist, and begins to fall in love with her. As the angels go about their daily business – helping those in distress, listening to the thoughts of the elderly and the dying, recording the diversity of human experience – Damiel grows increasingly restless. Eventually he decides to trade in his wings and his eternal life for human mortality, and to join Marion in the world. |
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Major Production Sponsors
Ted and Mary Wendell
Production Sponsors
Martha Cox and Andrew McKay
Additional Production Support provided by
The Netherland-America Foundation
Also made possible by a grant from
The Netherlands Culture Fund
The program set up by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education, Culture
& Science to strengthen the Netherlands’ international cultural relations |
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This page updated December 18, 2006
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