Sweet dreams are made of this

Hamburg, 1809.
Trade is flourishing, mainly due to smuggling of sugar, a luxury product in these times.
Napoleons trade embargo against England has made Florentin Schmidt rich. When he is betrayed by Franzi, he returns to his home city: Wunsiedel.
This is where the economy blooms: sugar is the white gold of the time. Florentin finds dubious ways and means of smuggling sugar from his home town and is experimenting with beet sugar, the product of the future.
But the path to riches is a rocky one. Franzi follows him and soon finds herself between love and betrayal.
When the secret sugar factory threatens to be discovered, she appeasr not to be the only one with a motive.
Birgit Simmler wrote this musical based on historically documented material about the city of Wunsiedel, its inhabitants, the gangs, the struggle between families and politics. Embedded in a love story, she outlines the great times that have left their mark on Wunsiedel.

Reviews from Nuremberg Nachrichten and Frankischen Post

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Neurenberger Nachrichten Frankenpost

Script	Birgit Simmler
Music	Paul Graham Brown
Regie	Marc Krone
Choreography	Simon Eichenberger
Florentin	Lukas Sandmann
Franzi	Marina Granchette
Eli	Sanny Luis
Schmidt (Major)	Frank Logeman
Claudet	Björn Schäfer
Reissinger	Mark Weigel
Merck	Patrick Miller
Vater	Georg Münzel
Inspector / Priest	Gunnar Frietsch
Pruisic Scientist	Matthias Zeeb
Richters	Enrico Treuse
Christian	Jendrik Sigward
Wilhelm / Ensemble	Janko Danilov
Mutter / Ensemble	Angelina Arnold
Frieda	Carmen Wiederstein
Gspusi	Nadine Lauterbach
Ensemble	Lillian Mandaag
	Annemarijn Maandag
	Anastasia Trotska
	Lisa Maria Joch

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