Geisterbahn
Geisterbahn (Ghost Train) is a play by Franz Xaver Kroetz. The sequel to Stallerhof (1971), it is cited as one of Kroetz's most important works in the period.[1] Geisterbahn was written soon after Stallerhoff but remained unperformed until 1975.[2]
The playwright Kroetz is known for his plays featuring severely mentally or emotionally impaired characters, often set in his native Bavaria.[3] Geisterbahn and Stallerhoff are plays which are renowned for their sex and violence, with "graphic scenes of rape, defecation, masturbation, nudity, and an infanticide".[1] During the play, Sepp and Beppi's child, born at the end of Stallerhof, is killed.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Malkin, Jeanette R. (23 April 1992). Verbal Violence in Contemporary Drama: From Handke to Shepard. Cambridge University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-521-38335-6.
- ^ "Theater: Ländliche Tragödie". Der Spiegel (in German). 26 June 1972. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ Grange, William (9 July 2009). Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-8108-6314-9.
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