The Physicists Summary
Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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The Physicists starts with the murder of a nurse in Les Cerisiers, a European mental institution. Inspector Richard Voss and the local police force investigate the murder scene, which is the drawing room of a villa within Les Cerisiers. This villa is the home of three mental patients who believe they are great physicists.

A man named Ernesti killed the nurse. Ernesti believes he is Albert Einstein, and he frequently plays...

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Friedrich Drrenmatt Biographies (4)

Friedrich Duerrenmatt

9,276 words, approx. 31 pages

If Friedrich Dürrenmatt is a household word, it is as a dramatist. Two plays in particular have insured him lasting fame: Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit of the Old Lady, 1956; translated as... Read more

Friedrich Duerrenmatt

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt was the leading German-language dramatist of the generation after Bertolt Brecht. He dominated German, Austrian, and Swiss repertoires and was familiar to audiences througho... Read more

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

721 words, approx. 3 pages

The works of the Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) combine surface realism with an absurd and almost surreal artistic vision, expressed in an abundance of oppressive, distorted, o... Read more

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

8,625 words, approx. 29 pages

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