Probably his best-know work is 'The Visit' written in 1956 which centres around the theme of whether or not justice can be bought. 476, this play explores the last days of the Roman Empire, presided over, and brought about by its last emperor. His first major success was the play 'Romulus the Great'. The play's opening night in April, 1947, caused fights and protests in the audience. The story of the play revolves around a battle between a sensation-craving cynic and a religious fanatic who takes scripture literally, all of this taking place while the city they live in is under siege. In 1945-46, Dürrenmatt wrote his first play 'It Is Written', which premiered to great controversy. Imediately after the war, in Basle, he made ends meet by writing short stories and cabaret sketches. He never graduated but spent much of his time in paininting and sketching. He much admired the drama of Brecht and Thornton Wilder, but adapted the former's celebrated "alienation technique" to his own puposes to produce the grotesque and farcical.īorn in near Berne, the son of a Protestant parson, he studied philosophy and German language and literature at both Zurich and Berne universitites. His work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. He was a proponent of epic theater whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. AuthorFriedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921 - 1990)įriedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist.
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