CLARA & JOHANNES follows the relationship between composer/musicians Johannes Brahms and Clara Wieck Schumann over a time period of 35 years. The play is based on the letters of Clara and Johannes.
CLARA & JOHANNES is the final play in Lichtman-Fields' MUSICMAKERS 4 play series that begins with FELIX & FANNY which is based on the correspondence between Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny. VS. ROBERT SCHUMANN chronicles the courtroom battle in which Robert Schumann was forced to sue Frederich Wieck for the hand of his daughter Clara's hand in marriage. SERENADE chronicles the love triangle between the Schumanns and Brahms.
