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Burgtheater. Posse mit Gesang

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Burgtheater. Posse mit Gesang is a play by Austrian playwright Elfriede Jelinek. It was first published in 1985. The play depicts scenes from the lives of well-known actors at the Burgtheater in Vienna and reveals some of the actors as "shallow, petty tyrants."[1] The play also make allegations about the theater's past collaboration with the Nazi regime.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Elfriede Jelinek". Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 169. Gale. March 2003. pp. 67–155.