The Alternation & The Confusion

<p>The Alternation and The Confusion are two German plays that until now have not been published. Printed in English and German the plays are a tribute to their late writer Gerhard Waizmann.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Alternation</strong> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>A play about a seemingly idealistic poet who wants to overthrow the dictator Terra the Supreme Wise. As the play progresses it becomes apparent the poet is only presenting his humanitarian values - and his love for Terra's helper and paramour - to further his own ends. In alliance with the Council of Wise Men the poet ultimately succeeds in becoming dictator himself. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong>The Confusion</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify>The play has many episodes in each of which a dialogue represents the core of the episode. The dialogues take place between different characters and is a collage of individually coherent but overall unrelated episodes. The play becomes a description of self-centered non-conversing conversations which is underlined by the subtitle making reference to the confusion of language during the building of the Tower of Babel.</p><p><br></p>