Friedrich Durrenmatt claimed that modern drama had "never gone beyond the second scene" of this play. This scene, taking plac
Friedrich Durrenmatt claimed that modern drama had "never gone beyond the second scene" of this play. This scene, taking place in the "Round Room," begins with the servants Bengstsson and Johansson discussing the meal of the inhabitants of the house, who chomp on biscuits like rats. The colonel's wife, a mummy who hides in the closet, accuses the old man Hummel of being a kitchen boy and Hummel promptly hangs himself. In the final scene, the grotesque Cook makes his appearance, while the colonel's daughter reveals that she cannot have children. For ten points, name this expressionistic drama which begins with a pairing of the colonel's daughter and the student Arkenholz, written by August Strindberg.
Friedrich Durrenmatt claimed that modern drama had "never gone beyond the second scene" of this play.
{Ghost Sonata}or {Spöksonaten}