Nathan is a lively boy, not to say “tense.” Every evening, he poses naked and is drawn. He does it for the money, but not only that... Well, it's complicated. You'll understand later. Because that's also what this play is about, in a way.

From his first steps at art school in Berlin to the studio of an Italian painter, where he poses as a Christian martyr, Der traurigste Junge der Welt (The Saddest Boy in the World) traces the career of a model who strips naked to earn a living, risking his life in the process.