The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (play)

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
Written by	Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Date premiered	26 March 1952 (1952-03-26)
Place premiered	Munich, Germany
Original language	German

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (German: Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi) is a play by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The play was written in 1950, but Dürrenmatt continued to revise it until 1980.^[1] It premiered on 26 March 1952 at the Munich Kammerspiele, directed by Hans Schweikart. It was then performed in Chile, Israel, and New York.^[2] The play was adapted into a 1961 film with the same title.^[3] The Iranian director and playwright Homayoun Ghanizadeh adapted the play in 2016 and staged the new production, Mississippi Dies Seated, at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran.^[4]

See also

• Swiss literature
• 1952 in literature

References

1. Ormsby, Eric (2007-02-07). "Dürrenmatt's Prison of Paradox". The New York Sun. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
2. Tiusanen, Timo (1977). Durrenmatt: A Study in Plays, Prose, Theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 108.
3. Koczian, Johanna von; Held, Martin (1961-03-01). "Justiz-Krise". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2012-02-14.
4. "Tiwall.com - Mississippi Dies Seated".