He was Claire's lover when they were young, and agrees with the mayor that the task of convincing her to make a donation should fall to him.
Anton Schill is the owner of Güllen's general store and the most popular man in town.
Güllen has fallen on hard times, and the townspeople hope that Claire will provide them with much-needed funds. The story opens with the town of Güllen preparing for the arrival of famed billionaire Claire Zachanassian, who grew up there. The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. She is ready to give a huge fortune to the people of the city in exchange for the killing of his youthful lover. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten.ĭer Besuch der Alten Dame = The Visit, Friedrich DürrenmattĪ billionaire woman returns to her hometown on a terrible condition. One of his leading sentences was: "A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn". The politically active author gained fame largely due to his avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. He was a proponent of epic theater whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. She died in 1983 and Dürrenmatt was married again to another actress, Charlotte Kerr, the following year. On Octohe married actress Lotti Geissler. In 1945-46, he wrote his first play, "It is written". In 1943 he decided to become an author and dramatist and dropped his academic career. Dürrenmatt began to study philosophy and German language and literature at the University of Zurich in 1941, but moved to the University of Bern after one semester. His grandfather Ulrich Dürrenmatt was a conservative politician. Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921 – 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist.ĭürrenmatt was born in the Emmental (canton of Bern), the son of a Protestant pastor.
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