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SCENES FROM THE RED BOOK

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 In this performance you will see seven scenes enacted from The Red Book by C.G. Jung. The Red Book is a record of Jung’s private inner journey as he came to the bedrock of his psychology. 

At the start of Liber Primus, the first part of The Red Book, we see Jung at the age of 37. He has lost his way in life, he is struggling with himself, he finds that something essential is lacking in his perspective and attitude.
He would call this “a loss of soul.” 

To recover his soul, he sets out on an inner journey of searching, wandering and exploration of alien territories within his psyche. This journey lasts some 18 years in total. 

The Protagonist in this narrative is a specific and unique man, Carl Gustav Jung, but he can also represent an Everyman, that is, anyone who needs to go inward for a period, to leave “Spirit of the times” behind and journey with “Spirit of depths.”

The First Scene of the performance takes place on Nov 13, 1913. 

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CAST:

  • Murray Stein as the Narrator

  • Paul Brutsche as C.G. Jung

  • Dariane Pictet as Soul and Salome.

  • John Hill as Izdubar, Elijah and Philemon.

  • Lucienne Marguerat  Diane Cousineau Brutsche and Erhard Trittibach as technical engineers. 

    Music from Barbara Miller (Cello) and Wim de Vrij ( Guitar). 

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This play was performed in Zurich, Paris, Coppenhagen, St Petersburg, Qingdao, and Taipei.

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