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Woyzeck ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɔʏtsɛk]) is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837.
- 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.
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At the fair, Woyzeck and Marie stand in the crowd and watch animals trained to perform human tasks. A showman remarks on humankind’s true, animal nature and warns his audience that suppressing their animal instincts will lead to dire consequences. The drum major and the sergeant are also at the fair.
Woyzeck study guide contains a biography of Georg Buchner, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
Woyzeck ist ein Dramenfragment des deutschen Dramatikers und Dichters Georg Büchner, der mit der Niederschrift vermutlich zwischen etwa Ende Juli und Anfang Oktober 1836 begann. Bei seinem frühen Tod im Februar 1837 blieb das Werk als Fragment zurück.
Büchner composes his dramatic fragment Woyzeck. When he dies of typhoid fever at age 23 on February 19, 1837, Woyzeck is left incomplete. The work can be understood as either grittily realistic or morbidly expressionistic, but by either measure, it is an example of astonishing modernism for the age.
