<p>An effusive poet looking for meaning in his life, goes into the forest. He has contradictory feelings and awaits a sign from a superior force. All of a sudden, an old woman apprears. She is almost deaf and their communication hilariously fails. The old woman leaves and the poet, still looking for a sign, announces several adventures often staged by the puppet theatre, such as Faust or Genoveva.</p>

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Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal Hugo Laurenz August

Austria

Vienna

Printed

Poetry

Emotions

Forest

Bird

Animal

Nature

Deafness

Incomprehension

Cuckoo

Kaspar Hauser

Genevieve of Brabant

Faust

Lyrical

Comical

German

Der Dichter am Kreuzweg als Vorspiel für ein Puppentheater

Poet

Old woman

Prologue

Monologue

Talking at cross-purposes

Comic equivocation

Address to the public

Metatheatre

Dialect

Vorspiel für ein Puppentheater

Prelude for a Puppet Show

<p>The main characters are a sedentary man looking for a house and a friend and an apartment saleswoman with a more nomadic nature who have a short love-hate relationship. In the end, they remember happy moments while listening to a song.</p>

Adults

Policarpo Jaume

Puchades Xavier

Zarzoso Paco

Spain

Valencia

Tàrrega

Electronic text

Isolation

Couple

Impossible love

Love

Impossibility to communicate

Music

Language

Failure of language

Catalan

Policeman

Final song

Stichomythia

Duplication

Equivocation

El cel dins una estança

Le ciel dans une pièce