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Jul 30, 2020 · Concerned with the ways in which individuals are shaped by surroundings and social position, Woyzeck anticipates literary naturalism by almost a half-century. By its treatment of a notorious real-life murder case, Woyzeck is also one of the earliest examples of documentary theater and has been praised as the greatest social drama in German ...
Like the protagonist of Büchner’s play, the real Woyzeck’s life was defined by hardship and struggle. Orphaned at a young age, he drifted throughout Europe, working menial jobs until enlisting as a soldier in various armies.
Woyzeck's mental health is breaking down and he begins to experience a series of apocalyptic visions. Meanwhile, Marie grows tired of Woyzeck and turns her attentions to a handsome drum major who, in an ambiguous scene taking place in Marie's bedroom, sleeps with her.
- Georg Büchner, Otto C. A. Zur Nedden
- 1879
Woyzeck, dramatic fragment by Georg Büchner, written between 1835 and 1837; it was discovered and published posthumously in 1879 as Wozzek and first performed in 1913. Best known as the libretto for Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck (performed 1925), the work was published in a revised version in 1922.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 1, 2015 · The play is loosely based on the true story of Johann Christian Woyzeck, a Leipzig wigmaker who murdered Christiane Woost, a widow with whom he had been living, in a fit of jealousy in 1821 and was subsequently publicly decapitated.
Soldiers Woyzeck and Andres are chopping wood outside the provincial German town where they are stationed. While Andres sings, Woyzeck talks nonsensically about cursed mushrooms. Hearing the sound of trumpets and drums in the distance, the men make their way to town.
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Woyzeck is the tragic tale of a military barber named Woyzeck, who stabs to death his beloved common-law wife, Marie, for her infidelity. We first encounter Woyzeck with his friend, Andres, in an open field outside the town. Woyzeck is having violent, apocalyptic visions and thinks that he hears voices, while Andres sees and hears nothing unusual.
