Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmattwas a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten...
betrayal rome violence
Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.
power world want
The individual protests against the world, but he doesn't get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.
technology people earth
The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology's potential is only in part realized, and most people are starving.
concern
What concerns everyone can only be resolved by everyone.
possible swiss-author taken worst
A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.