Friedrich Dürrenmatt

»This writer changed how we gauge the world. One could even say he altered our very understanding of it. He is a colossus of literature, his work a continent.«Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»Dürrenmatt has always been too impulsive for his times but the chaotic world has quickly caught up with him. That’s why his work will last. The purifying force of his irony becomes the more important and useful – particularly because it is driven by the profound humanity that Dürrenmatt’s friends always knew in him.«Peter Brook

»Even after the death of its author, his huge and unique work is still a dark continent, largely unilluminated and untested, a continent in motion, always good for intellectual surprises and dramatic adventures.« Gert Ueding

»One of Europe’s most important postwar dramatists.«The Daily Telegraph

»One of the great playwrights of the 20th century. His plays will remain with us and we can honour his memory by performing them.«The Pretoria News