Actor David Westera (29) from Groningen exposes romance in the theater. ‘Is considered far too important in our culture’

When Goethe wrote about the young Werther in 1774, his novel unleashed a wave of love suicides. The fact that we want to make it so grand and compelling is a recipe for failure, says the Groningen theater company Antiklimax in the performance ‘Herzschmerz’. Actor David Westera (29) explains.

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