“Talisman” premiere at the Mittelsächsisches Theater: The beautiful, mendacious appearance

Johann Nepomuk Nestroy was the star of the Viennese boulevard theater in the 19th century. His plays – like “The Talisman”, which premiered on Sunday at the Mittelsächsisches Theater Freiberg – were already successful during his lifetime, his love affairs were legendary, as was his cheeky mouth. In the years leading up to the 1848 revolution, when he had criticized the bakers for offering smaller buns, from…