Patrick Marber is to direct a new play at London’s Young Vic theatre in which a family argue over what to do with a piece of art that may have been painted by Adolf Hitler.
Nachtland, by the acclaimed German playwright Marius von Mayenburg (The Ugly One), is described as “a mordant satire about marriage, legacy, the rise of the new right and terrible impulses buried deep”. The play follows two siblings who are clearing out their late father’s house when they discover an old painting bearing Hitler’s name. It leads them to discuss whether they should keep, sell or destroy what could be the work of the Nazi leader.
