Georg Büchner

"Sacrificed to powers larger than himself, Woyzeck is one of the theatre's first anti-heroes. He serves a German captain and makes money by allowing a doctor to experiment on him, but his deeper morality leads him to a tragic end. A remarkable piece of theatre, Woyzeck is not bound by strictures of conventional space and time. It is a tiny play, but an epic."--Jacket.

Die Erzählung schildert die tragische Geschichte des psychisch erkrankten Sturm-und-Drang-Dichters Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. Mit einer innovativen Erzähltechnik ermöglicht Georg Büchner dem Leser ein Miterleben des Wahns, der als nachvollziehbare Reaktion auf die Umgebung erscheint. Aus Sicht des psychisch Kranken konnte Büchner auch Zweifel an Gott formulieren, ohne sich angreifbar zu machen.

Calixto Bieito's controversial but visually stunning production is set in a grisly, chaotic, post-industrial maze, giving a contemporary edge to the disturbing and hair-raising intensity of Alban Berg's expressionistic masterpiece.

Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper. This is a portrayal of a man who is tormented and mocked by his superiors until he loses reason.

Swiss author J?urg Amann writes an adaptation of "The Fairy Tale of the World" from a scene in Georg B?uchner's "Woyzeck," a play about the effects of poverty.