Woyzeck (MacKendrick)

Woyzeck (MacKendrick)

Woyzeck (MacKendrick)

Georg Buchner, John MacKendrick

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Woyzeck (MacKendrick)

Woyzeck (MacKendrick)

Georg Buchner, John MacKendrick

Overview

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

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Period
  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Cast Attributes: Expandable Casting
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Authors

Georg Buchner

Georg Buchner
Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist, natural scientist, and political revolutionary. His body of work, like his life, is brief but exceptional, and it is greatly respected in Germany and worldwide. Most famous for his unfinished play WO ...
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