Der Doppelgänger

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Durch ein Geräusch erschreckt erwacht der Mann und entdeckt an seinem Bett seinen Doppelgänger. Er ist gekommen, um ihm mitzuteilen, dass er vom Hohen Gericht wegen Mordes zum Tode verurteilt wird. Der Mann beteuert, unschuldig zu sein, aber das nützt ihm nichts, er wird festgenommen und inhaftiert. Vergeblich beteuert er weiterhin seine Unschuld; der Doppelgänger, der sein Zeuge sein könnte, ist verschwunden. In der Nacht seines Todes erscheint er wieder und prophezeit ihm, er werde ihn umbringen.

Genres: Plays

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1960

About the author

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921 – 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist.

Dürrenmatt was born in the Emmental (canton of Bern), the son of a Protestant pastor. His grandfather Ulrich Dürrenmatt was a conservative politician. The family moved to Bern in 1935. 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. In 1943 he decided to become an author and dramatist and dropped his academic career. In 1945-46, he wrote his first play, "It is written". On October 11 1946 he married actress Lotti Geissler. She died in 1983 and Dürrenmatt was married again to another actress, Charlotte Kerr, the following year.

He was a proponent of epic theater whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author gained fame largely due to his avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. One of his leading sentences was: "A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn". Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten.

Reviews

[Hend · Rating 3 out of 5]

This play is set on the problem of guilt and justice and it's philosophical reflection.....

The play itself is a process of creating a play as the author conversation with the director form the frame of the plot.. .
Diego ,the double of Pedro informs him that he(Pedro) is condemned to death by high court......
Pedro is accused of a murder that Diego has committed....
Pedro is arrested and no one believes his story a bout a double ....

Diego claims to be acting on orders of high court,Diego promises he will bring Pedro to recognition that he is a murderer .....
Pedro killed Diego's wife in order to keep from being guilty of his double death......
Diego confess his murders....
At this point the director stops the play and searches for the justice hall in vain...


Dürrenmatt wanted to say that every one is a potential murderer and condemned in advance...

and If one tries to Explore the Psychological Dimensions of his mind and Life ,he will be shocked to know that crime...is a human instinct
We kill others as we are always afraid to be killers one day,even if we don’t wanna kill,deep in our souls we are killers even if we didn’t know.....

In this play he is referring to the original sin ,the sinner knows he cannot be blamed for his sins if he is born a sinner and sins unavoidably because of the nature with which he is born. And it raises the question, who is to blame?
Surely not the sinner, for he had no choice in being born with a sinful nature.....
Can a man really be guilty for possessing the nature with which he is born?

In the absence of higher authority ,the human being is his own judge and jury .....
true recognition of guilt must come from within .
accepting personal guilt and embracing the consequences is the highest form of justice.which leads to personal salvation......
The description of The Stairs of the court and Statue of Justice which are worn, has a lot of symbolism for the Unfair Justice......

[Seyed Mohammad Reza Mahdavi · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5
نمایشنامه رادیویی : همزاد
فریدریش دورنمات
ترجمه : علی نجیمی
نشر یکشنبه
تعداد صفحات : 41


در پشت جلد می خوانید:

همزاد اولین نمایشنامه ی رادیویی فریدریش دورنمات در سال 1960 تولید شد و به کارگردانی گوستاو بورمستر و با موسیقی زیگفرید فرانتس به اجرا درآمد. این نمایشنامه داستان مردی را روایت می کند که به اشتباه به جرم قتلی که همزادش دیگو مرتکب شده، محکوم به مرگ می شود. او تلاش می کند بی گناهی خود را ثابت کند، اما در نهایت مجبور به انجام کاری می شود که تا کنون انجام نداده است
این نمایشنامه به شکلی فلسفی به موضوعات گناه و عدالت می پردازد. حضور خود دورنمات در نقش نویسنده و بورمستر در نقش کارگردان، به این اثر جذابیت ویژه ای بخشیده است
فریدریش دورنمات (1921-1990) نویسنده و نمایشنامه نویس سوئیسی، با آثار خود به بررسی عمیق مسائل اجتماعی و فلسفی پرداخته و به یکی از برجسته ترین چهره های ادبیات قرن بیستم تبدیل شده است. همزاد یکی از نمونه های برجسته از توانایی های او در خلق داستان های پیچیده و تامل برانگیز است

[Minnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sehr kurzweilig, weshalb ich mich bei den nur 70 Seiten nicht allzu sehr fallen lassen konnte. Aber der Stil und die Thematik sind typisch Dürrenmatt, ich werde auf jeden Fall weiter durch seine Historie gehen.

[Radwa · Rating 2 out of 5]

صوت عبد الله غيث رائع كالعادة

[Timo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,89

[عبدالرحمن حافظ · Rating 4 out of 5]

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