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	Woyzeck the Shape-Changer
		Woyzeck is a play so charged with novelty that it has provoked innumerable interpretations, and it still shows no sign of settling down into any fixed meaning.
		By the mid twentieth century, Woyzeck was appreciated for its stark portrayal of an existentialist despair soon to be echoed and paralleled by Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
		Woyzeck had, long before the advent of the "theatre of the absurd," claimed new aesthetic scope for purely theatrical depictions of nameless states of consciousness, anxiety, and dread on the stage.
	www.amrep.org /past/woyzeck/woyzeck3.html (1181 words)

	WOYZECK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck is a fantastic visually evocative text, which is considered a major dramatic work in modern theatre history.
		Woyzeck is "only made of sand, dust, dirt and filth", as it is said in the play - and in a relentless society he learns this bodily.
		Woyzeck is a very modern, political drama, which tells the story of how all human values are destroyed when society pushes the individual to the brink of survival.
	www.keeslau.com /TomWaitsSupplement/Theatre/Woyzeck/pressrelease.htm (2604 words)

	Woyzeck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Woyzeck is a stage play written by Georg Büchner.
		Based on the true story of Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck and related to the German expressionist style, Woyzeck concerns the dehumanizing effects of doctors, the military, and women on a young man's life.
		Woyzeck has seen many translations, including an adaptation into an opera by Alban Berg (Wozzeck), a movie by Werner Herzog, and a musical by Robert Wilson and Tom Waits, the songs from which are on Waits's Blood Money album.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woyzeck (173 words)

	Consulate General of Denmark in New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck was created by two Americans-director and stage designer Robert Wilson, and rock poet and song legend Tom Waits-together with the Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen in the fall of 2000.
		Georg Büchner's Woyzeck (1837), one of modern theater's most profound works, tells the harrowing tale of a society so callous, so morally bankrupt, that an inherently decent man is driven to commit murder.
		Woyzeck is musical theater of the highest order-an emphatically narrative, heartbreakingly melodic, and dazzlingly imagistic interpretation by three 21st-century visionaries of sight and sound.
	www.denmark.org /mermaid/mermaid_Jul02c.html (314 words)

	Wheels uni work
		That Woyzeck can be both a piece of social realism and an existential tragedy, that it can shift rapidly between comedy and despair, and that both realistic and extreme characters can share the same stage, gives the play a exciting dynamic quality.
		A naturalistic rendering of Woyzeck, Andres and Marie is important to illustrate the full impact of their poverty and suffering.
		Like Woyzeck and Marie, the Doctor is based on a figure involved in the historical case of Johann Christian Woyzeck, however, he is portrayed as over the top, lacking any psychology, and has singular concerns.
	www.arcproductions.org /2001essay5.html (1072 words)

	Past Productions: Woyzeck
		Using a new translation by Gideon Lester, director Marcus Stern is assembling an emotional and moving jigsaw puzzle, at once goofy and tragic, sexy and heartbreaking.
		Franz Woyzeck is an impoverished soldier in a small town.
		Bullied by his Captain and subjected to bizarre medical experimentation by an army doctor, Woyzeck's nerves are already strained when he begins to suspect that his common-law wife, Marie, is having an affair with a Drum-Major.
	www.amrep.org /past/woyzeck/woyzeck.html (231 words)

	The DVD Maniacs - Forum - Woyzeck(1979) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck is a character with boiling, bubbling rage that is repressed and held in check.
		Woyzeck is a man who fights hard to keep his sanity intact.
		A commenting of foreshadowing consequences is spoken by Woyzeck's wife when she tells him; "I'd rather have a knife in my body, than your hand on me".
	www.dvdmaniacs.net /forums/showthread.php?t=12965 (1347 words)

	Woyzeck - Georg Büchner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Appropriately, it was filmed in 1978 by Werner Herzog, at that time one of a generation of young German directors who were changing the way in which the world saw their homeland after half a century of repression.
		Woyzeck, it seemed had an adaptability which seemed destined to keep its profile high for years to come.
		Woyzeck himself is usually dressed in white, until the finale when he appears in menacing fl armed with the knife with which he will murder his beloved.
	www.culturevulture.net /Theater2/Woyzeck.htm (1057 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Woyzeck (1976)
		In the very next scene, Woyzeck is shaving his captain with a straight razor while the verbal abuse continues; the captain drops hints that Woyzeck's wife Marie (Eva Mattes) is being unfaithful to him.
		Woyzeck's senses are heightened to the point of madness as he suspects and then confirms Marie's infidelity.
		It's no wonder poor Woyzeck goes mad; the script is full of references to knives, razors, cutting and death, even in the most innocent of circumstances.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=658 (866 words)

	DVD Times - Woyzeck
		Seen from Woyzeck’s point of view, the world around him is increasingly absurd and threatening and he struggles with his sanity, pressing his ear to the ground, hearing voices that direct him to take violent action.
		Based on an unfinished 1836 play by Georg Büchner, Woyzeck is again an exercise in style and an attempt by Herzog to align himself with German culture in a similar way to how he paid homage to F. Murnau and the origins of German cinema in Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht.
		Woyzeck might have been one of the more useful films to have a director’s commentary, but the Film Notes taken from the book 'Herzog on Herzog' will have to suffice, and they are useful.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=10534 (657 words)

	CamrynManheim.com : Woyzeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck also makes money by allowing the Doctor to experiment on him.
		Woyzeck discovers his girlfriend, Marie, with whom he has had a son, having an affair with the drum major.
		After getting drunk, Woyzeck realizes that people are looking at him suspiciously and he returns to the pond and presumably drowns himself.
	www.camryn.com /camLORES_web/broadway/woyzeck.html (202 words)

	RealTime I Wilson & Waits do Woyzeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		And 'machinery' is everywhere: in the minimal, angular sets, including large arrows dropping behind the characters; in the mechanical running-on-the-spot of Woyzeck himself; in the inhuman figures of the 2 doctors (male and female joined at the hip) to whom Woyzeck has sold his body for medical experiments.
		Woyzeck's fate is extremely moving in this production, perhaps surprisingly given the cavalcade of bizarre and grotesque imagery on display.
		Throughout, the moral universe of Woyzeck is superbly evoked by the songs and by Wilson's direction, which harnesses his surreal imagery to the linear narrative of Woyzeck's story.
	www.realtimearts.net /rt47/potts.html (467 words)

	Buchner, Georg: Woyzeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck is the all-purpose servant of a German Captain.
		The Captain considers him amoral and stupid, largely because Woyzeck is poor.
		Woyzeck himself is one of the first anti-heroes, sacrificed to powers larger than himself.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/buchner258-des-.html (227 words)

	DVD Booty - Woyzeck
		'Woyzeck' was a slow-moving but interesting film about a German soldier trying to control his nerves before he loses his mind.
		Woyzeck seems like your typical, clueless, brain-washed soldier, but underneath the shallow exterior, he has interesting insights about life.
		Indeed, WOYZECK seems to be a rather untypical Herzog-film on the first glance.
	www.dvdbooty.com /dvds/woyzeck (415 words)

	woyzeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Written in 1836 by a man dying of typhoid fever, Woyzeck defies all the rules of classical theater: there is no noble hero, no clear sense of story and the play lacks a connection with reality.
		In piecing together his version of Woyzeck, director Jason Nodler used a number of translations of the play, meshing them together into something distinct and stunning.
		In the scenes that have little to do with Woyzeck, Nodler had the sense to use a classical Shakespearean element, the mad girl's song.
	www.infernalbridegroom.com /archives/woyzeck/press.html (164 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Woyzeck
		When Woyzeck discovers that Marie has been carrying on with a manly drum major (the film constantly reminds us what REAL men and women are, and Woyzeck does not fit the bill) his psychosis takes him over completely.
		Woyzeck may not pack the sweeping punch of Aguirre but it is a worthwhile film, especially for another amazing performance by Kinski.
		Woyzeck is a fascinating film from one of the most unique director-star combinations, especially after viewing some of their grander productions.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?id=1148 (680 words)

	Woyzeck Review
		Woyzeck doesn’t really achieve that kind of status for itself, yet it remains an interesting, if not entirely entertaining entry into the filmographies of these two men.
		Woyzeck was one of his favorite films to make, simply because it was one of the easiest.
		The scene before the murder, which shows Woyzeck and Marie walking toward a lake with their reflections visible, is as beautifully rendered a shot as any I’ve ever seen on DVD—however, the shot that follows the deed shows a bit of shimmer across the images of the trees in the background.
	www.dvdmoviecentral.com /ReviewsText/woyzeck.htm (1131 words)

	woyzeck active eye at the culture project nyc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"Woyzeck", German playwright and essayist Georg Büchner's unfinished 1836 groundbreaking delineation of lust, betrayal, murder and madness refracted through the prism of the 1820s Leipzig murder trial and execution of Johann Christian Woyzeck, has long sat preeminently upon the pantheon of modern Western drama.
		Playwrights and theater artists such as Alban Berg, Elmer Rice and particularly Bertolt Brecht found a deep affinity with Büchner's portrayal of the hapless Woyzeck as a kind of all-purpose whipping boy/guinea pig for the brutal and nameless minions of the Oppressive State.
		Working with composer Rika Iino and scientist-musician Ben Brown, Gregory and her cast have fashioned a "Woyzeck" that may be best described as a stifling world of madness viewed from the inside out.
	www.theater2k.com /Woyzeck031003.html (476 words)

	Amazon.com: Woyzeck (1979) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A hair-raising tune is played by a string group as the soldier Woyzeck is drilled and brutalized by a shadowy figure in jackboots.
		Woyzeck succumbs to the voices in his head and in one of the most horrific murder scenes ever filmed, takes action.
		Woyzeck took 18 days to film and four days to edit, but Herzog claims that this was perfect.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301955188?v=glance (1598 words)

	WOYZECK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"Woyzeck is the story of a poor soldier who tries to survive in spite of the daily humiliations of life.
		Whereas Woyzeck's love for Marie is great and devoted, the money he can offer her is little and insufficient, and when he finds himself defeated by the flashy and fiery drum major, his worn out faith in the justice of life crackles.
		Woyzeck is the story of a man's gradual degradation; of an evil life trap between nature and nurture; of losing the woman you love and the meaning of life.
	www.keeslau.com /TomWaitsSupplement/Theatre/Woyzeck/introduction.htm (3153 words)

	Paper on Georg Buchner's WOYZECK
		Woyzeck tries to think, to be a philosopher, yet everyone chides him about it: such intellectualism is not for such as he.
		Woyzeck is dead whether or not the Court Clerk who so admires "a good murder, a real murder, a beautiful murder" (scene XXVI) leads him to trial or not.
		Marie has murdered Woyzeck's emotional side almost from the moment he saw her with the Drum Major's earrings -- the red necklace of blood which signals Marie's death is only justice, in Woyzeck's eyes.
	www.io.com /~jlockett/Grist/English/woyzeck.html (2191 words)

	Nowt2Do.Com Review - Tobacco Factory Summer Season - Woyzeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck is a flly comic satire based on a true story of a 19th century barber.
		Woyzeck was beheaded in 1824 for the slaying of his mistress.
		Dan Porter gave a pleasing and believable portrayal of Woyzeck but unfortunately I felt due to the intensity of the character became slightly tiresome due to the intensity of his emotions, but this did not sway from a well rounded and very enjoyable performance from all involved.
	www.nowt2do.co.uk /TReview_TobaccoSummer_Woy.htm (685 words)

	Slot Machine - Woyzeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Paul Kerry was superb as Woyzeck, rushing "through the world like an open razor", wounded and destructive, unable to deal with his lot except by lashing out, especially at the lovely Marie, played by Francesca Tambini.
		She too was an unhappy soul, seeking her raison d'etre in the arms of soldiers, and occasionally showing sweet maternal warmth towards her son.
		No-one moved, or coughed, and there was a tangible feeling of tension as Woyzeck was stained by Marie's blood.
	www.newburytheatre.co.uk /archive/200106f.htm (354 words)

	Theatre Review: Woyzeck : Show Business Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Woyzeck A Fever Dream, superbly, eerily and surreally directed and performed, is a beautiful example of such re-creation.
		Based on a true event, Woyzeck is sometimes called the “first modern play” because its protagonist, Franz Woyzeck (movingly portrayed by Jason Howard) is an anti-hero, a poor, simple, honest foot soldier who is driven murderously mad by the disrespect of his superiors and the consequences of a love triangle.
		Woyzeck is probably better known amongst theater professionals and theater students than by theater goers.
	www.showbusinessweekly.com /archive/314/woyzeck.htm (433 words)

	Watch as 'Woyzeck' goes mad - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Woyzeck, played with vibrating intensity by Justin Young, is a barber and an all-around attendant to a loutish captain (Nicolas Logue).
		Ultimately, Woyzeck stabs her to death and then loses all memory of the deed.
		Later, once more over the body, Woyzeck doesn't understand that the red line around her neck is the result of his own knife work.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Sep/24/il/il12a.html (450 words)

	Wozzeck and Woyzeck
		Prior to his execution, Woyzeck was assessed by Hofrat Dr. Clarus to determine whether he could be considered responsible for his actions.
		Clarus determined that Woyzeck was "of sound mind and that any abberations were due to his phsical constitution and moral degeneration" (Büchner 156).
		The Woyzeck manuscripts went unpublished and unread until the 1870s, when Karl Emil Franzos recovered them from Ludwig and published his version of the play.
	www.geocities.com /al6an6erg/woyzeck.html (478 words)

	‘Woyzeck’ explores insanity - The Brown and White
		Directed by Garret Schneider, ’05, “Woyzeck” is a modern drama based on the real-life story of the first person to plead insanity as a defense at a trial.
		Woyzeck, a soldier who killed his mistress after discovering she was cheating on him, claimed to be hearing voices.
		Joshua Tonkay, ’07, played the lead of Woyzeck with movements and expressions that were intended to communicate the insanity of his character.
	www.bw.lehigh.edu /story.asp?ID=18579 (391 words)

	Woyzeck
		Woyzeck represents one of the most extraordinary events in the history of literature.
		Written in 1836, just before its author's death at the age of 23, Buchner's drama anticipates by some 50 to 100 years the literary movements of the 20th century.
		This caustic tragedy of an ordinary man's headlong plunge into madness and murder is filmed with a terrible clarity, punctuated by bursts of unexpected lyricism.
	www.1worldfilms.com /Germany/woyzeck.htm (118 words)

	Woyzeck
		The Captain who never ceases to point out to Woyzeck what a pathetic excuse for a man he is, is played by a woman (Kristine Kuroiwa) in an outrageous fat suit.
		Woyzeck is thirty years old, young for an actor, but the pain of a lifetime of hardship and countless betrayals must be evident in the voice and carriage of the actor.
		The precision with which light and sound cues are executed is impressive as footsteps and monetary exchanges are accented by sound effects (which were unfortunately muddled by the ambient noise outside the theater and a noisy heating system).
	www.theaterscene.net /ts/articles.nsf/OOBP/975c9348dcbe23f585256ce20015cf02?OpenDocument&ExpandOutline=1.7,1.9,1.10,1.11,1.12,1.19 (606 words)

	Woyzeck, a CurtainUp London review
		Woyzeck starts to lose his mind, culminating with the discovery of his murdered mistress in his arms with the bloody knife in his hand.
		To quote the synopsis, "Woyzeck is the story of a man's gradual degradation; of a life cruelly caught between nature and nurture; of losing both the woman you love and the meaning of life." In Büchner's words, "Everyone's an abyss.
		Woyzeck (Jens Jørn Spottag) runs on the spot to show the energy he is using up but also his futile lack of progress.
	www.curtainup.com /woyzeck.html (1180 words)

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