Georg Bchners three surviving dramatic texts show the playwright wrestling with divergent styles in a struggle to convey his bleak worldview. Sean Graney reveal[s] much the same process. Both artists want to build on centuriesold theatrical traditions yet shred the niceties of conventional theater to expose lifes raw nerves Graney exploits his trademark techniquesstark design, inflated acting, selfreflexive presentationto create an explosive, richly unpleasant affair. Bchner poured every ounce of his cynicism into Prince Leonce, whose absurd battle with boredom fuels LEONCE UND LENA. Leonce can find nothing better to do with his days than spit on a rock 365 times in a row, convinced that human beings fall in love, marry, and multiply out of boredom, and finally they die out of boredom. His childish father has betrothed him to the Princess Lena, a plan that will greatly interfere with Leonces commitment to idleness. Since Bchner is satirizing the theatrical conventions of his day, shes earnestly trying to become a fairytale princess, spouting poetic rhapsodies about flowers and dragonflieswhile wrestling with the realization that there are people who are unhappy, incurably so, simply because they exist. For this play Bchner drew heavily on the conventions of commedia dellarte, then a nearly 300yearold tradition of stock rustic characters in cartoonish, often ribald situations. Graney transforms the genre into menacing farce, inflating the characters passions to such...

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