Dirt
By: Robert Schneider ; translated with an afterword by Paul F. Dvorak.
Contributors: Dvorak, Paul F.
Series: Studies in Austrian literature, culture, and thought.
Publisher: Ariadne Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Riverside, CA
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Dreck
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9781572410237
Description: A man walks onto the stage with a bouquet of roses in his hand. He begins to speak. The man's name is Sad, he is an Arab. In the evening he sells roses to finance his studies. The hatred of the population towards him is so intense that he begins to turn on himself, That's correct, he says, I am dirty. I wash my hands, but I remain dirty. That's correct. The intensity Of his monologue increases; it becomes passionate, desperate. He continues to speak. He screams. Screams for his life.

Robert Schneider's play about prejudice and anti-foreign sentiment has become one of the most frequently performed works on the contemporary German stage.