Germany’s critically acclaimed Georg Buchner’s beloved play about love, humor, and humanity adapted by one of Switzerland’s most honored writers brings this tremendous piece of literature to young audiences as never before. In a comedy of errors, two young people, Leonce of Popo and Princess Lena of Pipi, are destined to make their peace in an arranged marriage. Horrified at the thought of not knowing their betrothed, they flee, but upon a chance meeting they are love struck. Overwhelmed with emotion, Lena departs leaving Leonce distraught. But the King insists that a wedding take place—royals or no royals—for the people who have waited tirelessly to see a ceremony. Cloaked in masks two young people are brought to the altar—introduced as world famous robots—an effigy of a royal wedding. But when the masks are removed Leonce and Lena are euphoric to see each other’s identities. It’s a joyful affair and the King retires, passing the reigning power to Leonce. Leonce turns the kingdom into a theatre and bans all clocks and calendars.

Leonce and Lena

Children's Books

Amann, Jürg

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

NorthSouth

Born in 1947, the son of a printer and poet, Jurg Amann attended high school in Winterthur and studied German literature at the University of Zurich and the Freie Universität Berlin. For many years he worked as a journalist and editor in Berlin, then later in Zurich. Amann was a poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic, dramatist and children’s author. His prodigious oeuvre spans well over 40 literary works. He won many awards, including the Ingeborg Bachmann and Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer prizes and two awards from the Swiss Schiller Foundation. He died in 2013.

Lifelong Bird Migration: Lebenslang Vogelzug

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Spuyten Duyvil Publishing

Robert Walser: Eine literarische Biographie in Texten und Bildern

History & Criticism

Diogenes Verlag AG

Franz Kafka: Eine Studie über den Künstler (Serie Piper) (German Edition)

R. Piper

Robert Walser: Auf der Suche nach einem verlorenen Sohn (Serie Piper Porträt) (German Edition)

Piper

Robert Walser: Eine literarische Biographie in Texten und Bildern (German Edition)

Arche

Rondo: Und andere Erzählungen (German Edition)

Zwei oder drei Dinge: Novelle (German Edition)

Haymon

Über die Jahre

Haymon Verlag

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