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About Faust at the Goetheanum

First of all, as officialy declared, the costs just for this play were no less than... 7 million Swiss Franks ! Other than the setting, which is very modernistic, there are few things which would justify this amount of money. Most of the play is poorly directed, I've seen school plays which were much better. Sometimes the actors move without any meaning, just waiting to say their line. Some of the costumes are very weird, but quite expensive of course. Not to speak about the main female figure, Gretchen, which doesn't really know how to act but has the fine quality of being... the director's daughter . Why the Goetheanum would spend such a great amount of money (from sponsors but nevertheless) on a piece of crap, I can't explain. They might have some understanding with the sponsors, as to contract certain firms for the setting, costumes etc. and pay them big time. Otherwise these astronomical numbers cannot be explained.