<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