Copy
in J.H. Archives, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
The Play has been performed for the public.
| A play in two acts. * adapted from Georg Buchner's Unfinished play 'Woyzeck' Franz Woyzeck, a soldier at middle of the 19th Century, is always short of money so he makes a little pay by shaving his Captain and by allowing the army doctor, a budding mad scientist to perform experiments on Franz. Marie, a young woman who has had Franz's child, is always out of money and lives on a slum street with other poor people. Bored with poverty, Marie goes out drinking with a Drum Major who is attracted to her. Woyzeck, feeling betrayed, confronts the Drum Major who beats Franz badly. In the end, Franz, feeling defeated by life, wills his few possessions to his army buddy, Andres and then murders Marie and drowns himself, leaving their child orphaned. Nobody in the town seems to care as they dance and sing about the incident. 20 Characters: Franz, Marie, Andres, the Captain, the Doctor, the Drum Major, an Innkeeper, a Defrocked Priest, a Prostitute, a Circus Horse, a Ringmaster, Soldiers and Townspeople. |
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