Methuen Drama, 2010

Modern Plays

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Acts: 4, Scenes: 26, Roles: Total (22), Female (6), Male (16), Unassigned (0)

...Danton’s Death is a thundering dramatization of the most extraordinary scenes of the French Revolution, of eloquence and execution. In 1794, the Revolution was reaching its climax. After a series of bloody purges...">

...Danton’s Death is a thundering dramatization of the most extraordinary scenes of the French Revolution, of eloquence and execution. In 1794, the Revolution was reaching its climax. After a series of bloody purges...

Nick Hern Books, 1996

Drama Classics

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Scenes: 24, Roles: Total (26), Female (5), Male (21), Unassigned (0)

...Georg Buchner's play Woyzeck is one of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre. Based on a real-life murder trial that took place in Germany in the 1820s, the play was written in 1837, but left incomplete at the author...">

...Georg Buchner's play Woyzeck is one of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre. Based on a real-life murder trial that took place in Germany in the 1820s, the play was written in 1837, but left incomplete at the author...

Methuen Drama, 2021

Student Editions

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Scenes: 25, Roles: Total (11), Female (3), Male (8), Unassigned (0)

...Written in 1836, Woyzeck is often considered to be the first truly modern play. The story of a soldier driven mad by inhuman military discipline and acute social deprivation is told in splintered dialogue and jagged episodes...">

...Written in 1836, Woyzeck is often considered to be the first truly modern play. The story of a soldier driven mad by inhuman military discipline and acute social deprivation is told in splintered dialogue and jagged episodes...