Dantons Tod ist ein Drama in vier Akten von Georg Buchner. Es wurde von Mitte Januar bis Mitte Februar 1835 geschrieben. Mehr Bucher von Buchner & Co unter: www.buch-klassiker.de

Set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, the play takes place from March 24 to April 4, 1794, when Maximilien Robespierre was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety that, along with the Revolutionary Tribunal, condemned people to the guillotine. Guillotine victims ranged from those who were seen as too radical to those who were viewed as royalist sympathizers and even simply moderates like Danton. "Robert Auletta's adaptation of DANTON'S DEATH streamlined Buchner's epic romantic drama revolving around the passive, existential figure of Danton, a man who wishes to die in order...