Botho Strauss: Three Plays: The Park/Seven Doors/Time and the Room

These three plays, first published in German in the 1980s, show Botho Strauss developing an enigmatic, unsettling, and uniquely theatrical style. Set in Hamburg, The Park is Strauss’ take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Seven Doors brings together a jilted husband, a wedding without guests, and two monks with an intimate knowledge of hell. In Time and the Room, the room contrives to be the play’s main character.