"The Burghers of Curry" (play)

...His works are said to be influenced by Strindberg, Wedekind, and Sternheim. He first distinguished himself with The Jewish Widow (1911), in which he transformed a heroic figure from the Old Testament into a woman obsessed with sexual desire, and became internationally known for his anti-war play The Burghers of Calais (1914), which pursued the idea of ​​a "new man." He then produced a succession of controversial works based on his experiences in World War I, satirizing established morality and the deindividuation of human beings, and his unique style, which earned him the nickname "Denkspieler (thought play)," dominated the stage in the 1920s. ...

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…作品にはストリンドベリ，ウェーデキント，シュテルンハイムらの影響が指摘される。旧約聖書の英雄的存在を性欲のとりことなる女に変身させた《ユダヤのやもめ》(1911)で頭角を現し，〈新しい人間〉を追求する反戦劇《カレーの市民》(1914)の発表によって国際的に名を知られるようになった。その後，第1次大戦の経験にもとづいて，既成の道徳や人間の脱個性化を風刺する問題作をつぎつぎと発表し，〈思考遊戯者Denkspieler〉と呼ばれた彼の独得な作風は，1920年代の舞台を席巻した。…

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