 Subtitled "A Play for Burmese Marionettes in one Act" (Ein Spiel für burmanische Marionetten in einem Akt), it is a staged work with both singers and dancers.It is the second work in a triptych of expressionist one-act operas, the others being "Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen" and "Sancta Susanna".They are the first operas written by Hindemith.