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Play by Friedrich Wolf
Germany, 1929

A Staged Reading directed by Malcolm Tulip
Translation by Silke Weineck

The drama presents the cruel consequences of criminalizing abortion in the Weimar Republic, exemplified by the story of a pregnant young woman.

Written by German playwright and physician Friedrich Wolf, the play had an immediate impact on its audience, who would soon experience the global repercussions of the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Staged at a moment of acute social, economic, and political crisis, Wolf’s Cyanide is as much a depiction of the sexual, reproductive, and class politics of Weimar as it is a call for action.

Brought to you by the German Department in collaboration with the School of Music, Theatre and Dance as the US Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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