Dame Maggie Smith is to return to the London stage in Christopher Hampton’s A German Life after a twelve-year absence.
Dame Maggie Smith is to appear in the one-woman-play A German Life playing Brunhilde Pomsel. Brunhilde Pomsel’s life spanned the twentieth century. She struggled to make ends meet as a secretary in Berlin during the 1930s, her many employers including a Jewish insurance broker, the German Broadcasting Corporation and, eventually, Joseph Goebbels.
The production will mark Dame Maggies return to the London stage after a twelve-year absence. Maggie Smith has had an extensive career in theatre, film and television. Her many awards include two Academy awards, five BAFTAs, four Emmys, nine Evening Standard awards and a Tony. She was made DBE in 1990 and a Companion of Honour in 2014.
Christopher Hampton’s play is drawn from the testimony Pomsel gave when she finally broke her silence shortly before she died to a group of Austrian filmmakers and from their documentary A German Life (Christian Krönes, Olaf Müller, Roland Schrotthofer and Florian Weigensamer, produced by Blackbox Film & Media Productions).
A German Life will be directed by Jonathan Kent, designed by Anna Fleischle, lighting by Jon Clark and sound by Paul Groothuis.
A German Life will play for five weeks only from 6 April 2019.
