Woyzeck
by Georg Büchner

Woyzeck Book Cover
Woyzeck Cover

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17th CenturyRoom for ExtrasGermanHistorical

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Readers have mixed feelings about the play, with many finding it confusing and difficult to understand. While some appreciate its historical significance and expressionistic qualities, others criticize its fragmented structure and heavy language. Overall, it appears to evoke strong reactions, both positive and negative, from its audience.

Historical significanceExpressionistic qualitiesIntense emotional impactConfusing and hard to understandFragmented structureHeavy language

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Drama / Characters: 14 male 4 female

Sacrificed to powers larger than himself Woyzeck is one of drama's first anti-heroes.

He serves a German captain and makes money by allowing a doctor to experiment on him but his deeper morality leads him to a tragic end.

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PublisherSamuel French
Year2010
BindingPaperback
Pages64
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573692550
ISBN-100573692556
LCCN91205681
LCCPT1828.B6 A74513 1991
DCC832/.7

Woyzeck is a German historical play written by Georg Büchner and published by Samuel French in New York (2010).

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