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	A Brief Biography Of Friedrich Durrenmatt, Creator Of The Visit
		Born January 5, 1921 in Konolfingen, Switzerland, Friedrich Durrenmatt bore an interesting and telling background: his father, Reinhold, was a Protestant minister, his grandfather Ulrich, was a behind-the-scenes man in Swiss politics and a well-known satirist.
		Durrenmatt called this story "A Tragic Comedy." More than any other of his plays, this story of an old lady who returns home to wreak an exact and merciless vengeance on her former lover intimately joins comedy and tragedy to support each other in nearly every scene.
		Although Durrenmatt decried symbolism ("Misunderstandings creep in, because people desperately search the hen yard of my drama for the egg of explanation which I steadfastly refuse to lay."), it is hard not to see the poverty of Europe during the Depression and the slow growth of fascism in-between the lines in The Visit.
	www.moveweb.com /Guidewrite/durrenmatt.html (1361 words)

	AllRefer.com - Friedrich DUrrenmatt (Miscellaneous European Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Friedrich DUrrenmatt[frE´drikh dUr´unmAt] Pronunciation Key, 1921–90, Swiss playwright and novelist.
		DUrrenmatt's writings depict a world both comic and grotesque.
		As a young German-speaking playwright in Switzerland, he was witness to the rise of fascism in neighboring countries but insulated from its direct impact.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Durrenma.html (247 words)

	Your favourite at Cozy Corner: Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-1991)
		Born January 5, 1921 in Konolfingen, Switzerland, Friedrich Durrenmatt bore an interesting and telling background: his father, Reinhold, was a Protestant minister, his grandfather Ulrich, was a behind-the-scenes man in Swiss politics and a well-known satirist.
		Durrenmatt called this story "A Tragic Comedy." More than any other of his plays, this story of an old lady who returns home to wreak an exact and merciless vengeance on her former lover intimately joins comedy and tragedy to support each other in nearly every scene.
		Although Durrenmatt decried symbolism ("Misunderstandings creep in, because people desperately search the hen yard of my drama for the egg of explanation which I steadfastly refuse to lay."), it is hard not to see the poverty of Europe during the Depression and the slow growth of fascism in-between the lines in The Visit.
	www.cozy-corner.com /book/friedrich_durrenmatt.htm (989 words)

	Footlights DC
		On Wednesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m., Footlights will meet at Alfio’s with the Ushers theatre group to discuss THE VISIT, a tragi-comedy by the Swiss writer, Friedrich Durrenmatt.
		During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled Durrenmatt as a presence in European letters.
		In THE VISIT, an old lady who becomes the wealthiest person in the world returns to the village that cast her out as a young woman.
	www.footlightsdc.org (474 words)

	Durrenmatt, Friedrich books, find the lowest prices
		Friedrich Durrenmatt : Der Richter Und Sein Henker Zur Analyse Und Didaktik Des Kriminalromans
		Friedrich Durrenmatt : Der Besuch Der Alten Dame
		Durrenmatt, Der Verdacht, Der Besuch Der Alten Dame : Untersuchungen Und Anmerkungen
	www.allbookstores.com /Durrenmatt_Friedrich_p5sd.html (139 words)

	The Physicists - Friedrich Dürrenmatt
		Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Physicists is one of many physicist-centered dramas written in the 1950s and 1960s.
		At that time the potential that scientific innovation held was largely seen in the awesome destructive power of the atomic and hydrogens bombs.
		Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) is best known as one of the leading German-speaking post-World War II dramatists.
	www.complete-review.com /reviews/suisse/durrmf.htm (545 words)

	Amazon.com: The Pledge: Books: Friedrich Durrenmatt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is a novel that Durrenmatt wrote specially as the scheme of an old Spanish- Swiss film from 1959 entitled "El cebo" (The Lure).
		Durrenmatt is a pessimist writer and this novel ins't for these readers that expects a happy end but a cruel and strange one.
		While Durrenmatt is a well-known and well-respected author, it took making a film of one of his books to get most people in the States actually reading him.
	www.amazon.com /Pledge-Friedrich-Durrenmatt/dp/0425178986 (1915 words)

	Friedrich Dürrenmatt
		Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in Konolfingen, near Berne.
		According to Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Schiller's idea of the tragic has become unworkable because it presupposes a clear concept of the world.
		Der Auftrag oder Vom Beobachten des Beobachters der Beobachter, 1986 - The Assignment: Or, on Observing the Observer of the Observers
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /fdurren.htm (1654 words)

	Play Strindberg by Friedrich Durrenmatt. Director Neal Roach. New Erektions Fringe Season, Currong Theatre, Canberra ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ionesco, Beckett, Peter Weiss and Durrenmatt himself had done it all before, and better from the mid-1940's to the early 1960's.
		Sarah Snell (Alice), Peter Robinson (her husband Edgar) and Lachlan Abrahams (the cousin) have the elements of the style correct.
		First night was not well paced and only some of the unexpected changes in mood were done well enough to cause the nervous laughter that Durrenmatt aimed at, but the actors are good enough for this to improve through the season.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~frankmckone/playberg.htm (357 words)

	Amazon.com: The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy: Books: Friedrich Durrenmatt,Patrick Bowles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In his short postscript Durrenmatt suggests that her role might best be enacted as a Greek tragic heroine, something like the legendary Medea.
		Another excellent piece of work from Friedrich Durrenmatt, the story of The Visit takes place in a..town in central Europe somewhere; the country is not given (the reasons should be obvious).
		Durrenmatt is a master at using small details to show how the community changes its views over a relatively short period of time, and even manages to make the rather horrific journey humorous at times (the play is defined as, and works as, a tragicomedy).
	www.amazon.com /Visit-Tragi-Comedy-Friedrich-Durrenmatt/dp/0802130666 (1631 words)

	The Visit -- A Tragi-Comedy -- Friedrich Durrenmatt Patrick Bowles
		Unlike an earlier version adapted for the English-language stage, this translation adheres faithfully to the author's original play as it was published and performed in German.
		But there is a condition attached to her largess, which the natives of Guellen realize only after they have become enmeshed in her vengeful plot: murder.
		Out of these elements, Durrenmatt has fashioned a many-leveled play which is at once a macabre parable, a deeply moving tragedy, and a scathing indictment of the power of greed.
	www.frontlist.com /detail/0802130666 (174 words)

	Amazon.com: The Physicists: Books: Friedrich Durrenmatt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This short play warrants reading more than once, even more than twice, as the Swiss playwright Friedrich Durrenmatt not only entertains us, but explores fundamental questions regarding the role of science in modern society.
		Durrenmatt's play provides an excellent and thought-provoking critique on the role of modern science and technology in human affairs.
		Durrenmatt is not well known outside of Switzerland/Germany/Austria.
	www.amazon.com /Physicists-Friedrich-Durrenmatt/dp/0802150888 (1429 words)

	Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990)
		Born on January 5, 1921, in Konolfingen, Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt already had writing in his blood.
		His grandfather--a well-known satirist and political poet--encouraged in the young boy a questioning spirit which would characterize his later works.
		His many awards include the Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Schiller Prize.
	www.imagi-nation.com /moonstruck/clsc37.html (349 words)

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