The Last Days of Mankind (1959)

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
gptkb:film
gptkb:stage_play
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:musical_adaptation
film adaptation in 1970
theatrical adaptation in 2000
gptkbp:author gptkb:Karl_Kraus
gptkbp:characters gptkb:The_Journalist
gptkb:The_Narrator
gptkb:The_Woman
gptkb:The_Soldier
gptkb:The_Politician
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced later satirical works
gptkbp:first_performance 1918
gptkbp:genre gptkb:satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Last Days of Mankind (1959)
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:Arthur_Schopenhauer
gptkb:Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Expressionism
gptkb:Dadaism
gptkb:Surrealism
gptkbp:inspired_by World War I experiences
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:music_style Absurdist
gptkbp:notable_performance gptkb:Vienna_State_Theatre
gptkb:Theater_in_der_Josefstadt
gptkb:Burgtheater
gptkbp:notable_quote " The world is a stage, and the play is a tragedy."
gptkbp:notable_themes gptkb:satire
cynicism
human suffering
critique of society
absurdity of war
gptkbp:number_of_acts gptkb:5
gptkbp:premiere_date gptkb:1959
gptkbp:published_by Kurt Wolff Verlag
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:1959
gptkbp:set_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:themes gptkb:humanity
gptkb:war
gptkb:society
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:French
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marcel_Dalio
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6