Herr Friedrich’s Fabulous Kabarett

1935 looks very different to Friedrich’s life in the Weimar Republic

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1925

At curtain up, Herr Friedrich drinks in the atmosphere. The splash of cymbal, pitter-patter laughs, the slivers of expectation that filter through tiny gaps in the crowd, the pause before the next act. Spotlights track his movement across the stage as he…