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WILLIAM BURROUGHS (1914 - 1997)
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Black Rider, TheBlack Rider, The
"The starting point is a story about a clerk who inadvertently kills the forester's daughter he hopes to marry with one of the magic bullets he has been offered by the devil. There are strong echoes of Faust and Peer Gynt. But Burroughs highlights the tale's hallucinogenic qualities, telling us that "the magic bullets lead to devil's work like marijuana leads to heroin". He even throws in an extended verbal riff comparing the pact-making hero, Wilhelm, to Hemingway, who sold out to Hollywood", Guardian
Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Buchner. By William Burroughs, Tom Waits (music And lyrics)
1st Produced:
Barbican, London >>> 2004
Organisations:
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1st Published:
- island-16822
Music:
Studio cast recording: Island (16822) 1993
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Genre:
adaptation Musical
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