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page 1German plays

Kasperle
thumb|A Kasperle puppet
Thamos, King of Egypt
play by Tobias Philipp, baron von Gebler, for which, between 1773 and 1780, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote incidental music, K. 345/336a, of an operatic character

The double-bass
play by Patrick Süskind
The Man Outside
1947 play by Wolfgang Borchert
Fastnachtsspiel
Fastnachtspiel (plural fastnachtspiele, English "shrovetide play") was a type of play performed on Shrove Tuesday or fastnacht during the sixteenth century as a part of pre-lenten carnivals. Extant examples mostly originated from the city of Nuremberg (although they were performed widely) and Hans Sachs was considered the most prolific in this form. Though sometimes performed on stage, fastnachtspiele were most often performed on the street or town square as a part of the carnival celebration. Productions usually lacked props and only had simply scenery. Fastnachtspiele typically used preexist
Sturm und Drang
play by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
Ordo Virtutum
early medieval liturgical music drama by Hildegard of Bingen
The Investigation
play by Peter Weiss
Shear Madness
play written by Paul Pörtner
The Passion Play of Oberammergau
passion play festival held in Oberammergau, Germany, since 1634