Peter Schröder Reads Wolfgang Hildesheimer: ‘Lieblose Legenden’

About this event

Wolfgang Hildesheimer was one of the most distinctive satirists of post-war German literature. His stories in ‘Lieblose Legenden’—first published in 1952—are compact, elegantly written sketches that dissect the vanities of cultural life, the absurdities of social convention and the everyday comedy of human failure. Peter Schröder, a veteran actor of the Schauspiel Frankfurt ensemble, reads a selection of these razor-sharp miniatures. With only a book, a lectern and a keen sense for timing, he conjures Hildesheimer’s deadpan irony and sudden shifts into the grotesque. The result is an evening of literary cabaret: dry, intelligent, and often laugh-out-loud funny, without a single cheap gag. Perfect for anyone who enjoys language that both entertains and lets the mind wander into life’s quieter absurdities.