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Bringing this play to the stage was difficult from the start. For contrary to what the title suggests, and in contrast to its prevailing performance practice, it is not solely a stage-effective “offense” but rather an essay on the laws of effect of the theatre and the expectations and reactions of an audience that has a “Mustervorstellung von der Welt des Theaters” (ST1 25) in mind. Consequently, the introductory sentence “Dieses Stück ist eine Vorrede” only points out that the play is meant to make aware of what is self-evident law of the theatre and what are the unacknowledged regulations of the theatre and culture business (ST1 19).
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Renner, R.G. (2023). Experiment and Design: The Plays, Prose Works and Radio Plays Up to 1973. In: Peter Handke. Palgrave Macmillan, Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05932-1_3
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