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Woyzeck (MacKendrick)

This anti-romantic and starkly realistic tragedy is about a common soldier, Woyzeck, who attempts to make sense out of life in the face of the intolerance of those about him who think him stupid.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
This anti-romantic and starkly realistic tragedy is about a common soldier, Woyzeck, who attempts to make sense out of life in the face of the intolerance of those about him who think him stupid. Driven mad by external forces — inhuman military discipline, environment, class and religion — he slaughters his wife and then drowns himself.

Büchner's portrayal is ironic and compassionate: the play was a remarkable nineteenth-century call for the need for social reform.

Characters

  • Casting: 10M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Expandable casting

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This anti-romantic and starkly realistic tragedy is about a common soldier, Woyzeck, who attempts to make sense out of life in the face of the intolerance of those about him who think him stupid. Driven mad by external forces — inhuman military discipline, environment, class and religion — he slaughters his wife and then drowns himself.

Büchner's portrayal is ironic and compassionate: the play was a remarkable nineteenth-century call for the need for social reform.

$24.95

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