The two plays Heiner Müller published under the title
Germania Tod in Berlin[
Germania Death in Berlin, written 1956/1971, published 1977] and
Germania 3 Gespenster am toten Mann[
Germania 3 Ghosts at The Dead Man, written 1990/1995, published 1996] are like two gigantic Gothic bookends marking the beginning and end of his work. The origins of the first
Germaniadate back to 1951 and the first sketches for
Die Schlacht; the text of
Germania Tod in Berlinwas substantially complete by 1971, but it was another six years before it was published and then produced a year later (the premiere was at the Münchner Kammerspiele in 1978). Critics did not realise at the time that it was not so much a new beginning as a delayed eruption of the author's lifelong preoccupation with the war…
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Citation: Knapp, Gerhard P., John Milfull. "Germania 3 Gespenster am Toten Man". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 March 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=15598, accessed 24 November 2024.]
