Botho Strauß

Plays

  • “Schändung” (i.e., “Violation”)
    Premiered at the Théâtre de l’Odéon, Paris, 2005, German premiere: Berliner Ensemble, 2006
  • “Nach der Liebe beginnt ihre Geschichte” (i.e., “After Love Begins Its History”)
    Premiered at the Schauspielhaus, Zurich, 2005
  • "Die Eine und die Andere" (i.e., “The One and the Other”)
    Premiered at the Residenztheater, Munich, 2005
  • “Unerwartete Rückkehr” (i.e., “Unexpected Return”)
    Premiered at the Berliner Ensemble, 2002
  • “Der Narr und seine Frau heute abend in Pancomedia” (i.e., “The Fool and His Wife Tonight in Pancomedia”)
    Premiered at the Schauspielhaus, Bochum, 2001
  • “Lotphantasie” (i.e., “Lot Fantasy”)
    Premiered at the Theater in der Josephstadt, Vienna, 1999
  • “Der Kuss des Vergessens” (i.e., “The Kiss of Forgetting”)
    Premiered at the Schauspielhaus, Zurich, 1998
  • “Mara”, theatrical version of the poem by Robinson Jeffers
    Premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin, 1998
  • “Die Ähnlichen. Moral Interludes” (“Similitude: Moral Interludes”)
    Premiered at the Theater in der Josephstadt, Vienna, 1998
  • “Ithaka” (i.e., “Ithaca”)
    Premiered at the Munich Kammerspiele, 1996
  • “The Balance” ("Das Gleichgewicht")
    Premiered at the Salzburg Festival, 1993
  • “Angelas Kleider” (i.e., “Angela’s Clothes”)
    Premiered at the Styrian Autumn/Vereinigte Bühnen, Graz, 1991
  • “Final Chorus” ("Schlußchor")
    Premiered at the Munich Kammerspiele, 1991
  • “Time and the Room” ("die Zeit und das Zimmer")
    Premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin, 1989
  • “Seven Doors” ("Sieben Türen")
    Premiered at the Stockholm Stadsteater, 1988
  • “Visitors” ("Besucher")
    Premiered at the Munich Kammerspiele, 1988
  • “The Tour Guide” ("Die Fremdenführerin")
    Premiered at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin, 1986
  • “The Park” ("Der Park") Premiered at the Städtische Bühnen, Freiburg, 1984
  • “Kalldewey, Farce”
    Premiered at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 1982
  • “Big and Little” ("Groß und Klein")
    Premiered at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin, 1978
  • “Three Acts of Recognition” ("Trilogie des Wiedersehens")
    Premiered at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 1977
  • "Familiar Faces Mixed Feeling" (“Bekannte Gesichter, gemischte Gefühle”) 
    Premiered at the Württembergisches Staatstheater, Stuttgart, 1974
  • “The Hypochondriacs” (“Die Hypochonder”)
    Premiered at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 1972

    Die eine und die andere (i.e., “The One and the Other”)

    Two lifelong enemies – their duels, their vices, their inseparability.
    Lissie has been the other woman twice in Insa’s life! Lissie came between Insa and two of the men she has loved, destroying their love in each case. And now she turns up one last time.More ...