Publikumsbeschimpfung

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Publikumsbeschimpfung is an experimental 1966 play by Austrian writer Peter Handke that provocatively breaks theatrical conventions by directly attacking and confronting the audience.

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Publikumsbeschimpfung canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
audienceRole explicitly addressed ⓘ
made subject of the performance ⓘ
author Peter Handke ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dramaticFunction exposing theatrical conventions ⓘ
questioning the nature of theatre ⓘ
dramaticTechnique catalogues and lists ⓘ
direct provocation ⓘ
meta-theatrical commentary ⓘ
repetition of phrases ⓘ
form one-act play ⓘ
genre absurdist play ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Offending the Audience ⓘ
hasNo psychologically developed characters ⓘ
stage action in conventional sense ⓘ
traditional narrative ⓘ
hasSubjectHeading audience participation in the theater ⓘ
experimental drama, German ⓘ
influencedBy 1960s experimental theatre ⓘ
Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ
movement avant-garde theatre ⓘ
postdramatic theatre precursor ⓘ
notableFeature actors insult the audience ⓘ
dispenses with conventional dialogue ⓘ
dispenses with individual characters ⓘ
dispenses with traditional plot ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
partOfOeuvre early works of Peter Handke ⓘ
period 1960s European theatre ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1966 ⓘ
premiereLocation Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
publicationYear 1966 ⓘ
publisher Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ
relatedWork Die Unvernünftigen sterben aus ⓘ
Kaspar ⓘ
structure monologue ⓘ
theatricalConvention breaks fourth wall ⓘ
direct audience address ⓘ
theme confrontation with the audience ⓘ
critique of theatrical illusion ⓘ
language and communication ⓘ
role of the spectator ⓘ
titleTranslation Offending the Audience ⓘ

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Peter Handke → notableWork → Publikumsbeschimpfung ⓘ
Peter Handke → wrote → Publikumsbeschimpfung ⓘ
Offending the Audience → originalTitle → Publikumsbeschimpfung ⓘ