The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (play)

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

Written by| Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Date premiered| 26 March 1952 (1952-03-26)
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]

## See also

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* Swiss literature
* 1952 in literature

## References

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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".

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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

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* Germany

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