Der Snob Komödie in drei Aufzügen

In the first lift of this breezy satire, we enter the cramped bedroom of Christian Mask, a restless son trying to untangle the mess left by his sixty‑year‑old father's secret liaison. A terse exchange with the sharp‑tongued Sybil Hull turns a simple financial reckoning into a battlefield of pride, ambition, and the absurd logic of social climbing. Through rapid, witty repartee, the dialogue sketches a portrait of a young man poised between the expectations of his aristocratic lineage and the harsh reality of a profit‑driven world.

As Christian maps out a plan to secure a directorship in the booming African mines, he also attempts to formalise a peculiar “monthly allowance” to keep Sybil at an appropriate distance, exposing his obsessive need for respectability. The play’s humor springs from the clash of lofty self‑importance with petty calculations, while each character’s pretensions are laid bare with a light, mocking tone. Listeners are treated to a sparkling critique of early‑twentieth‑century bourgeois values, delivered in crisp, rhythmic dialogue that feels as lively as a lift’s sudden jolt.