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Biedermann ist Tod 

Die BrandsƟŌer sind Teufel 

Warum war er doof? 

Zündschnur, Strichhölzchen 

Das brauchen wir, um dein Haus 

Zu brennen. Danke! 

Wir gehen hier rein 

Der Mann scheint naiv zu sein 

Wir nützen ihn aus 

Mann soll nicht schweigen 

Wenn etwas bedrohlich ist 

Es könnte töten. 

Warum Biedermann 

Hast du die Augen noch zu 

BrandsƟŌer sind vor dir! 

Ringer von Beruf 

Sagt der Mann, der Will heiβt 

Na ja – so ein Quatsch! 

Haikus by Michael Proskuryakov on the play 

‘Biedermann und die BrandsƟŌer’ by Max Frisch 

‘Biedermann und die BrandsƟŌer’ (translated: The Arsonists) by Swiss playwright Max Frisch is a ‘moral

story without a moral’ about an honest, middle class ciƟzen called GoƩlieb Biedermann who believes re-

cent reports in his town about arson aƩacks are down to the stupidity of his fellow ciƟzens… he does not

believe someone as sensible as him could fall for such a trick. Then he gets a knock on the door and the

play unfolds with the audience seeing how easily the average person can be manipulated and their good

conscience taken advantage of. This is a wiƩy play with poliƟcal undertones: how oŌen have we stood by

and observed bad situaƟons unfold believing we’d act differently and more courageously than people

who have experienced this before?

Die Stadt brennt so oŌ 

Wie kann das denn passieren 

Es muss Schicksal sein.