Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper
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Written by | Anthony Neilson |
Characters | Justus Wehner Peter Kurten Frau Kurten |
Date premiered | 7 August 1991 |
Place premiered | Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh |
Original language | English |
Genre | In-yer-face theatre |
Normal (full title Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper) is Anthony Neilson's fictional account of Peter Kürten's life, told from the point of view of his lawyer.
The play was first performed at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh on 7 August 1991 and transferred to Finborough Theatre, London on 1 October 1991. It was directed by Anthony Neilson and designed by Michael T. Roberts.
Normal was published in Neilson Plays 1: Normal, Penetrator, Year of the Family, Night Before Christmas, Censor, Methuen Drama 1998, ISBN 978-0-413-72460-1.
In 2009 it was adapted into the Czech film Angels Gone.
Categories:
- 1991 plays
- Plays set in Germany
- Plays set in the 1910s
- Plays set in the 1920s
- Plays set in the 1930s
- Plays based on real people
- Scottish plays
- British plays adapted into films
- Biographical plays about criminals
- Cultural depictions of Peter Kürten
- 1990s play stubs