The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (play)
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Written by | Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
Date premiered | 26 March 1952 |
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. The play was adapted into a 1961 film with the same title.[2]