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Struensee

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Michael Beer's drama is based on the true story of the physician Johann Friedrich Struensee, who in 1768 became Royal Physician to King Christian VII. of Denmark. This remarkable and fascinating chapter in Danish and European history saw Struensee become …

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Michael Beer's drama is based on the true story of the physician Johann Friedrich Struensee, who in 1768 became Royal Physician to King Christian VII. of Denmark. This remarkable and fascinating chapter in Danish and European history saw Struensee become advisor and then prime minister to Christian, whom all at court held as crazy and probably was mentally ill. Struensee, a follower of the Enlightenment, would use his unexpected position to pass such an unheard of string of liberal reforms, that would eventually lead to his downfall. He was executed in 1772. -- Michael Beers Schauspiel basiert auf die wahre Geschichte des Arztes Johan Friedrich Struensee, der 1768 königlicher Physicus des dänischen Königs Christian VII. wurde. Geschichtlich stellt diese Entwicklung etwas außergewöhnliches und faszinierendes in der dänischen und europäischen Geschichte dar. Struensee, ein überzeugter Anhänger der Aufklärung, nutzte seine Position, wurde Berater und Premierminister des für verrückt gehaltenen Christian, und setzte eine nie dagewesene Reihe von liberale Reformen um, die letztlich zu seinem eigenen Untergang führen würden. 1772 wurde er hingerichtet.

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"Michael Beer's drama is based on the true story of the physician Johann Friedrich Struensee, who in 1768 became Royal Physician to King Christian VII. of Denmark. This remarkable and …"

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