When the playwright was asked to adapt Georg Büchner's fragmented masterpiece he screamed inside. He explains how he got to the soul of the playGeorg Büchner's Woyzeck is a triumphant howl of rage. Unfinished at the time of his death in 1837, aged 23, it was written in fragments " shards, if you like " of strange, convoluted truth. It's despairing and depressing, and seems quite overwhelming at times, but it also h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM on May 15, 2017