A prostitute delivers a monologue to this play's protagonist in which she describes looking through a window at the drowned body of a past lover and concludes, "the person who enjoys the most, prays the most." The title character of this play tells his wife that in order for them to know each other, they would need to crack open their skulls and manually draw out thoughts from their brains. That protagonist of this play refers to his body as a "broken fiddle" after being condemned to death for plotting to blow up the National Convention. In this play, Lucile Desmoulins yells out, "Long live the King!" during her husband's execution. In the first act of this play, a member of the Jacobin Club delivers a monologue advocating for the use of weapons of terror, and later uses the Revolutionary Tribunal to oversee the execution of this play's title character. For 10 points, name this historical play in which Robespierre is responsible for the title event, a work by Georg Büchner.
A prostitute delivers a monologue to this play's protagonist in which she describes looking through a window at the drowned body of a past lover and concludes, "the person who enjoys the most, prays the most." The title character of this play tells his wife that in order for them to know each other, they would need to crack open their skulls and manually draw out thoughts from their brains. That protagonist of this play refers to his body as a "broken fiddle" after being condemned to death for plotting to blow up the National Convention. In this play, Lucile Desmoulins yells out, "Long live the King!" during her husband's execution. In the first act of this play, a member of the Jacobin Club delivers a monologue advocating for the use of weapons of terror, and later uses the Revolutionary Tribunal to oversee the execution of this play's title character. For 10 points, name this historical play in which Robespierre is responsible for the title event, a work by Georg Büchner.
A prostitute delivers a monologue to this play's protagonist in which she describes looking through a window at the drowned body of a past lover and concludes, "the person who enjoys the most, prays the most."
Danton's Death [or Dantons Tod]