Das weite Land

I've never been that much a fan of the theater, but Schnitzler's "Das weite Land" struck me immensely. So I've had my trouble with this adaptation, which, without any doubt is very well done and probably would have been appreciated by Schnitzler himself, but I've had big troubles taking it serious, because the dialogue always sounds a bit funny to me in this dialect. Actually, it's a comedy - in the Schnitzler sort of way, which means all the acting persons are playing roles in their real life - but for me the overall impact of the play is displayed better in a down-to-earth language than in a quaint dialect.