In Albert Camus' "The Plague", a doctor is confronted with the sudden outbreak of an epidemic and the lockdown of his city. The mechanisms described in the face of the crisis offer valuable insights that can also benefit us in our current situation.

Six years ago, Albert Camus’ "The Plague" premiered on the stage of the Salzburg Landestheater in a play adaptation by Carl Philip von Maldeghem — performed by a single actor. Christoph Wieschke played all the roles himself. For the project “Separated Together: Interlude at the Theater,” Christoph Wieschke now reads daily from Camus' work, which might well be the book of the hour…