Danton’s Death

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drama play tragedy

Danton’s Death is a seminal early drama by Georg Büchner that portrays the political and existential turmoil of the French Revolution, often associated with the radical literary movement Young Germany.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
approximateCompositionYear 1834 ⓘ
associatedWith radical literary movement Young Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Georg Büchner NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn historical events of the French Revolution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1902 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1835 ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
revolutionary drama ⓘ
hasForm four-act play ⓘ
influenced 20th-century German drama ⓘ
modern political theatre ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th century literature ⓘ
literarySignificance major work of German political theatre ⓘ
seminal early drama by Georg Büchner ⓘ
mainCharacter Georges Danton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Young Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor early radical critique of revolutionary terror ⓘ
existential questioning of meaning and action ⓘ
originalTitle Dantons Tod NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalCurrent existentialism (proto-existentialist) ⓘ
portrays conflict between Danton and Robespierre ⓘ
fall and execution of Georges Danton ⓘ
setting French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPlace Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingTime Reign of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ
style fragmentary ⓘ
montage-like scenes ⓘ
rapid scene changes ⓘ
theme disillusionment with revolution ⓘ
existential crisis ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
individual vs society ⓘ
political power ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
terror and violence ⓘ
tone philosophical ⓘ
politically critical ⓘ
tragic ⓘ

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Young Germany → notableWork → Danton’s Death ⓘ
Georg Büchner → notableWork → Danton’s Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dantons Tod
Georg Büchner → notableWork → Danton’s Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: Danton's Death
Georg Büchner → hasWork → Danton’s Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dantons Tod