Through The Leaves

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The study of the frail, flawed relationship between a middle-aged woman tripe butcher and a loud-mouthed factory worker. Since it's 1981 premiere "Through the Leaves" has been praised as a play that explores the pathos of the inability of two people to relate intimately to each other through conversation.

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Franz Xaver Kroetz is a German author, playwright, actor, and film director. He rose to fame in 1971 when his plays Heimarbeit and Hartnackig were disrupted by neo-fascists. Kroetz was awarded several prizes, including in 2005 the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Kroetz's Plays 1 was published by Methuen Drama in 2004.