Original Performance Conditions

DATE 

1913 

1913 

1921 

DIRECTOR   

Kilian 

Barnowsky 

Reinhardt 

LOCATION 

Munich 

Berlin 

Berlin 

STYLE   

Naturalistic 

Expressionistic 

Expressionistic  

SUCCESS 

Positive reviews admiring the tragic elements 

Least successful of the three due to elaborate sets with overly long set changes 

A celebrated production during the inter-war years  

NOTES 

Used a translation by Franzos in which he had mis-read the original manuscript and called it 'Wozzeck' 

The poor set changes give an excellent opportunity for a concept to improve on this version 

Lighting was particularly significant