• Thumbnail for Friedrich Dürrenmatt
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat] ; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic...
    13 KB (1,505 words) - 04:21, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chloe Fineman
    Monologues by Eve Ensler. She performed lead roles in The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley. Since her graduation in 2006...
    18 KB (1,366 words) - 15:53, 6 January 2025
  • uncredited adaptation of the 1956 German novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, which had earlier been adapted in Marathi as Shantata! Court Chaalu...
    17 KB (1,626 words) - 23:18, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Visit (play)
    The Visit (play) (category Plays by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    Visit of the Old Lady) is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. An enormously wealthy older woman returns to her former hometown...
    13 KB (1,702 words) - 01:00, 20 November 2024
  • A Dangerous Game (novel) (category Novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    A Dangerous Game is a 1956 novel by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Its original German title is Die Panne, which means "The breakdown". It is known...
    7 KB (757 words) - 10:23, 2 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Max Frisch
    Zuckmayer, in 1946, and the young Friedrich Dürrenmatt in 1947. Despite artistic differences on self-awareness issues, Dürrenmatt and Frisch became lifelong...
    109 KB (14,960 words) - 14:38, 20 November 2024
  • It Happened in Broad Daylight, originally written by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt. After discovering the murdered body of a young girl deep in a mountainous...
    4 KB (307 words) - 11:31, 18 November 2024
  • The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel (category Novels by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    Versprechen) is a crime novella by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt, published in 1958, after Dürrenmatt thought that his previous movie script, Es geschah...
    10 KB (1,503 words) - 06:51, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Theatre of the absurd
    with this group by Esslin and other critics include Tom Stoppard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Fernando Arrabal, Edward Albee, Boris Vian, and Jean Tardieu. The...
    50 KB (6,964 words) - 14:13, 14 November 2024
  • The Pledge (film) (category Films based on works by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    Festival. The Pledge is based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1958 novella The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel. Dürrenmatt wrote the novella to refine the...
    15 KB (1,646 words) - 02:59, 19 November 2024
  • Routeledge, 1993 Diller, Edward. “Aesthetics and the Grotesque: Friedrich Dürrenmatt.” Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature, vol. 7, no. 3, 1966...
    21 KB (2,722 words) - 21:35, 18 August 2024
  • Der Besuch der alten Dame (opera) (category Adaptations of works by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    opera in three acts by Gottfried von Einem to a German libretto by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, based on his 1956 play of the same name. The work was first performed...
    5 KB (253 words) - 23:02, 10 February 2024
  • John Edwin Woods (August 16, 1942 – February 15, 2023) was an American translator who specialized in translating German literature, since about 1978. His...
    5 KB (531 words) - 20:20, 28 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gert Fröbe
    in Broad Daylight, 1958), with the original screenplay written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. His role as a serial killer of children drew the attention of the...
    16 KB (579 words) - 14:39, 30 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bertolt Brecht
    Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright...
    94 KB (11,937 words) - 06:48, 22 December 2024
  • The Physicists (category Plays by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    is a satiric drama/tragic comedy written in 1961 by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The play was mainly written as a result of the Second World War...
    11 KB (1,405 words) - 04:30, 24 October 2024
  • Charlotte Kerr (category Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    about the Greek minister Melina Mercouri, Kerr met the Swiss poet Friedrich Dürrenmatt. They became close after discussing his latest play Achterloo and...
    5 KB (367 words) - 14:43, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Münster rebellion
    Georg Brintrup Die Wiedertäufer (The Anabaptists) (1980), play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, translated by Lauren Friesen as The Anabaptists (unpublished manuscripts...
    17 KB (1,797 words) - 15:03, 19 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sturm und Drang
    the works of contemporary authors such as Friedrich Dürrenmatt and Bertolt Brecht (Waterhouse v). Friedrich Maximilian Klinger was born in Frankfurt on...
    32 KB (4,271 words) - 03:49, 20 December 2024
  • Visit may refer to: The Visit (1964 film), an adaptation of the Friedrich Dürrenmatt play starring Ingrid Bergman The Visit (1970 film), directed by Kais...
    1 KB (181 words) - 22:38, 21 February 2024
  • was in turn based on the novel A Dangerous Game by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It stars George Segal as an American tourist traveling in the Swiss...
    3 KB (198 words) - 11:46, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Friedrich Hölderlin
    Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: /ˈhɜːldərliːn/, US: /ˈhʌl-/; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet...
    46 KB (5,500 words) - 22:23, 17 October 2024
  • The Tunnel (short story) (category Works by Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
    "The Tunnel" is a 1952 short story by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It belongs to the most important works of Dürrenmatt and is a classic among the surrealistic...
    3 KB (396 words) - 15:50, 2 February 2024
  • and compared the book to works by authors such as Ray Bradbury and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Mia Holl Mia Holl is a 34-year-old biologist and is the main character...
    5 KB (591 words) - 12:38, 4 November 2024
  • Möbius, one of the three physicists in the play The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt MOBIUS, a library consortium in Missouri, United States Mobius Loop...
    5 KB (693 words) - 16:59, 5 October 2024
  • novel by MacKenzie Scott A Dangerous Game (novel), a 1956 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, known as Traps in the United States Claptrap, a fictional character...
    5 KB (658 words) - 19:51, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tragicomedy
    Beckett and Tom Stoppard. Also it can be seen in absurdist drama. Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the Swiss dramatist, suggested that tragicomedy was the inevitable...
    14 KB (1,678 words) - 20:33, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Friedrich Schiller
    Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈʃɪlɐ], short: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʃɪlɐ] ; 10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was...
    42 KB (4,441 words) - 22:38, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Epic theatre
    Erwin Piscator Vladimir Mayakovsky Vsevolod Meyerhold Bertolt Brecht Friedrich Dürrenmatt 7:84 Augusto Boal Howard Brenton Caryl Churchill Distancing effect...
    12 KB (1,414 words) - 17:49, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lynn Fontanne
    Seagull, experimental drama by Eugene O'Neill, and dark comedy by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Fontanne and her husband were best known for their stylish performances...
    26 KB (3,209 words) - 17:59, 22 December 2024