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Dürrenmatt
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Dür·ren·matt  (drn-mät, dyr-, dür-), Friedrich 1921-1990.
Swiss writer known for his absurdist novels and plays, such as The Visit (1956).
Dürrenmatt [ˈdyrənmat]
n
(Biographies / Dürrenmatt, Friedrich (1921-1990) M, Swiss, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: crime writer) Friedrich (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1921-90, Swiss dramatist and writer of detective stories, noted for his grotesque and paradoxical treatment of the modern world: author of The Visit (1956) and The Physicists (1962)


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In 1968, the renowned Swiss playwright and novelist Durrenmatt scripted his own personal variations on the theme of Strindberg's turgid work, wherein a military officer and a gentleman are driven to the verge of madness by an untalented actress.
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Appalling but, really, kind of predictable, even if so much of the moment-to-moment behavior in the story is not (the film was adapted from a novel by Friedrich Durrenmatt, a Swiss existential playwright who wrote the book as a kind of protest against the mechanical nature of the mystery genre).
'PLEDGE' KEEPS PROMISE TO BE FINELY DIRECTED, ACTED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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