The Sorrows of Young Werther

Johann Wolfgang Goethe wove together real-life inspirations – Johann, Charlotte, Christian, and Karl – with his own experiences and literary mastery into a love story told through letters. Since its publication in 1774, it has moved readers with the urgency of youth, love, loneliness, obsession, and the search for freedom.

On the stage of Horácké divadlo Jihlava, Goethe's tempestuous work returns after seventy-seven years – this time with a unique portrayal of Werther's defiance.