{"id":166,"date":"2016-07-05T11:45:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freiesschauspiel.de\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2026-03-13T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:35:00","slug":"ich-moechte-lieber-nicht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freiesschauspiel.de\/en\/programm\/spielplan\/ich-moechte-lieber-nicht","title":{"rendered":"I WOULD PREFER NOT TO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"csRow\">\n<div class=\"csColumn\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 47.7%;\" data-csid=\"9db00388-05dc-f795-a688-440b66dfdb95\" data-cswidth=\"47.7%\" data-csendpoint=\"472.5\" data-csstartpoint=\"15\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bartleby, clerk in a law office, is hard-working and diligent. But one day, when asked to help proofread a document, Bartleby answers with what soon becomes his perpetual but friendly response to every request \u2013 &#8220;I would prefer not to.&#8221; The employer is stunned &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Melville&#8217;s book &#8220;Bartleby, the Scrivener&#8221; is a subversive story of refusal that has achieved cult status and still continues to provoke lively discussions. Can &#8220;doing nothing&#8221; be considered a boycott? Bartleby &#8211; slacker or free-spirit? Victim or offender? Provocateur or loner?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"csColumnGap\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 14.2%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/freiesschauspiel.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/advanced-wp-columns\/assets\/js\/plugins\/views\/img\/1x1-pixel.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"csColumn\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 35.1%;\" data-csid=\"1a663f66-01e8-f82b-9c66-935416c498db\" data-cswidth=\"35.1%\" data-csendpoint=\"945\" data-csstartpoint=\"608.5\">\n<p><strong>I WOULD PREFER NOT TO<\/strong><br \/>\nadapted from Herman Melville&#8217;s &#8220;Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street\u201c<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong> Reinhard Hinzpeter<br \/>\n<strong>Director <\/strong>Bettina Kaminski<br \/>\n<strong>Stage design<\/strong> Gerd Friedrich<br \/>\n<strong>Dramaturgy <\/strong>Sten Volkemer<\/p>\n<a id=\"69f46e15135c6\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\" 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