WILLIAM BURROUGHS (1914 - 1997)
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by William Burroughs
Black Rider, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2004 | |||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | island-16822 | |||
| Music: | Studio cast recording: Island (16822) | 1993 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Adaptation | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Original Playwright - Georg Buchner. By William Burroughs, Tom Waits (music and lyrics) | |||||
 | "The starting point is a story about a clerk who inadvertently kills the forester's daughter he hopes to marry with one of the magic bullets he has been offered by the devil. There are strong echoes of Faust and Peer Gynt. But Burroughs highlights the tale's hallucinogenic qualities, telling us that "the magic bullets lead to devil's work like marijuana leads to heroin". He even throws in an extended verbal riff comparing the pact-making hero, Wilhelm, to Hemingway, who sold out to Hollywood", Guardian | |||||
