The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (play)

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
Written by	Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Date premiered	26 March 1952
Place premiered	Munich, Germany
Original language	German

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (German: Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi) is a play by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The play was written in 1950, but Dürrenmatt continued to revise it until 1980.^[1] It premiered on 26 March 1952 at the Munich Kammerspiele, directed by Hans Schweikart. It was then performed in Chile, Israel, and New York.^[2] The play was adapted into a 1961 film with the same title.^[3] The Iranian director and playwright Homayoun Ghanizadeh adapted the play in 2016 and staged the new production, Mississippi Dies Seated, at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran.^[4]

References

^ Ormsby, Eric (2007-02-07). "Dürrenmatt's Prison of Paradox". The New York Sun. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^ Tiusanen, Timo (1977). Durrenmatt: A Study in Plays, Prose, Theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 108.
^ Koczian, Johanna von; Held, Martin (1961-03-01). "Justiz-Krise". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^ "Tiwall.com - Mississippi Dies Seated".

[1] Ormsby, Eric (2007-02-07). "Dürrenmatt's Prison of Paradox". The New York Sun. Retrieved 2012-02-14.

[2] Tiusanen, Timo (1977). Durrenmatt: A Study in Plays, Prose, Theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 108.

[3] Koczian, Johanna von; Held, Martin (1961-03-01). "Justiz-Krise". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2012-02-14.

[4] "Tiwall.com - Mississippi Dies Seated".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Works by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Drama	Romulus the Great The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi The Visit The Physicists Play Strindberg
Prose	The Judge and His Hangman Suspicion "The Tunnel" Once a Greek A Dangerous Game The Pledge The Execution of Justice The Assignment
Screenplay	It Happened in Broad Daylight

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (play)

See also

References