Description
What happens when the drive for success carries us past our coping point? A play from an award-winning German playwright.
About the Author
Marius von Mayenburg studied medieval literature in Munich and Berlin, and playwriting at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1998 he began a collaboration with Thomas Ostermeier at the Baracke at Deutsches Theater in Berlin and, from 1999, at Schaubuhne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin. He was awarded the Kleist Prize for young dramatists for his first play Fireface (1997) and the Frankfurt Writer's Foundation Prize (1998). His plays have been translated into over thirty languages and performed both in Germany and abroad. Since 2009 Marius von Mayenburg has directed several plays in Berlin and Munich. Alongside his activities as playwright, dramaturg and director, Mayenburg has translated plays by Sarah Kane, Martin Crimp and William Shakespeare.
Reviews
Eldorado (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2006): 'A mad-mouse ride' * The Australian *
A cryptically fascinating dystopian drama. * Three stars - Michael Billington, Guardian *
A sophisticated piece of drama. * Public Reviews *
A cold, clever play, - it's still a web of evocative images. * Stage *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783191369
Author Marius von Mayenburg
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 104g