Overview
Rainer von Hessen and Niki de Saint Phalle met after he saw a photo of HON, the 1966 installation for Moderna Museet Stockholm, in a German magazine. Their collaboration began when Saint Phalle first designed the costumes and sets to Aristhophanes’s LYSISTRATA, directed by Hessen (then known under the stage name Diez). Thereafter, Hessen co-authored and directed her play ICH, which was performed at the Staatstheater Kassel in 1968.
Cast
- Christine Mainka as Ich 1
- Nancy Illig as Ich 2
- Frieder W. Anders as Die vier Brüder #1
- Mathias Gnädinger as Die vier Brüder #2
- Wolfgang Hepp as Die vier Brüder #3
- Wolf Martienzen as Die vier Brüder #4
- Sonja Donalies
- Carla Gyl
- Rosemarie Schorn
- Christiane Vauk