Frühe Stücke. Santa Cruz / Nun singen sie wieder

by Max Frisch

Santa Cruz: das ist die Spannung zwischen dem Leben, das einer Erwartung entsprechen möchte, die Liebende einander abfordern, und dem Leben, das sucht, zu sich selbst zu kommen. Nun singen sie wieder: das ist ein Stück, in dem die Sieger auf den Gräbern der Gefallenen Rache schwören, nach der die Toten kein Verlangen haben.

Genres: Plays, German Literature, Drama

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Max Rudolph Frisch was born in 1911 in Zurich; the son of Franz Bruno Frisch (an architect) and Karolina Bettina Frisch (née Wildermuth). After studying at the Realgymnasium in Zurich, he enrolled at the University of Zurich in 1930 and began studying German literature, but had to abandon due to financial problems after the death of his father in 1932. Instead, he started working as a journalist and columnist for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), one of the major newspapers in Switzerland. With the NZZ he would entertain a lifelong ambivalent love-hate relationship, for his own views were in stark contrast to the conservative views promulgated by this newspaper. In 1933 he travelled through eastern and south-eastern Europe, and in 1935 he visited Germany for the first time.

Some of the major themes in his work are the search or loss of one's identity; guilt and innocence (the spiritual crisis of the modern world after Nietzsche proclaimed that "God is dead"); technological omnipotence (the human belief that everything was possible and technology allowed humans to control everything) versus fate (especially in Homo faber); and also Switzerland's idealized self-image as a tolerant democracy based on consensus — criticizing that as illusion and portraying people (and especially the Swiss) as being scared by their own liberty and being preoccupied mainly with controlling every part of their life.

Max Frisch was a political man, and many of his works make reference to (or, as in Jonas und sein Veteran, are centered around) political issues of the time.

information was taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Frisch

Reviews

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zwei tolle Theaterstücke. Allein das in Santa Cruz zu Zeiten das N-Wort benutzt wird und rassistische Klischees reproduziert werden, sollte man kritisieren. Allerdings ist meine Ausgabe von 1967, ich hoffe doch dies wurde mittlerweile überarbeitet.

[Meta Data · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frischer gehts kaum.

[Leon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Santa Cruz: 4/5
Nun singen sie wieder: 3.5/5

[Dahlia · Rating 4 out of 5]

zwei Theaterstücke enthalten:
- Santa Cruz (4 Sterne)
- Nun singen sie wieder (3 Sterne)

[Lena T · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Santa Cruz : 3.5
- Nun singen sie wieder : 5 stars, fuck this play is brilliant

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible deep presentation of emotions we can have. Properly represents the vastness of desires we are capable of experiencing. This piece touched me deeply. So much to wish for experiencing...