Der Protagonist

The protagonist is an expressionist play by Georg Kaiser, published 1920. The same text was also virtually unchanged, resulting for the 1924-1925, 1926, first performed opera of the same Kurt Weill used as a libretto.

The play is set in England at the time Shakespeare. A troupe of actors rehearsing two mimes; is a burlesque, the other tragic. One of the actors can not distinguish between its roles and reality. During the trial the tragic pantomime he eventually kills his sister, obsessed with jealousy and despair.

The first performed at the Dresden Semper Opera House on March 27, 1926 Opera was the first opera Weill, which earned him good reviews and the first attention of the public.