Horvarth was a German-speaking Austro-Hungarian whose plays were banned during the Third Reich and rediscovered in the mid-sixties; and in this particular piece dating from 1930 he was writing a prophetic bourgeois tragic-comedy. Marianne, the heroine, is the daughter of a respectable toy-shop owner. She jettisons her fianc| 2 Apr 03 to 5 Apr 03 | The Capitol Theatre Manchester, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
