Wozzek

Paul Murphy paul.murphy at utoronto.ca
Wed May 7 14:40:05 CDT 1997


Don Larsson writes:

>Just a note that Werner Herzog's 1978 film version is titled "Woyzeck"

And another note:
Georg Buechner's fragmentary play is also titled _Woyzeck_ -- Berg called
his opera _Wozzeck_ because the editor of the first publication of the
Buechner play misread the title; the manuscript was in appalling condition,
and GB's writing was virtually illegible.

Cheers,
Paul





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