A kaleidoscope of short, sharp shocks, George Buchner’s 1835 drama “Danton’s Death” remains almost alarmingly modern in terms of form. As it tears through the politics of the French Revolution, this ...

A passé take on Georg Büchner’s 1835 play about the French Revolution leans into the worst instincts of the Comédie-Française, our critic writes. By Laura Cappelle Laura Cappelle is a Paris-based ...

Danton’s Death — Theater Review A guillotine towers over the stage at the end of "Danton's Death" as several French revolutionaries are executed. It's a terrific illusion but just a shame no blade was ...

Danton's Death, directed by Michael Grandage and starring Toby Stephens, features the talents of David Beames, Max Bennett, Stefano Braschi, Kirsty Bushell, Jason Cheater, Judith Coke, Emmanuella Cole ...

To insult a girl in the style of the French revolutionaries, calling her “a stained bordello bed sheet”—as stage prompter Simon does to one of his conquests—might do the trick. Memorable lines like ...

D.W. Griffith has tossed two orphans onto the tempestuous sea of the French Revolution and uses the ride-to-the-rescue for a finale, with an orphan under the guillotine and 'Danton five miles away'.

Set during the French Reign of Terror, "Danton's Death" follows the demise of Jacobin leader Georges Danton, who becomes disenchanted with the Revolutionary government and is subsequently sent to the ...

The latter admittedly crashes its way, somewhat psychotically, into Büchner's last and unfinished Woyzeck, one of the strangest yet most influential dramas of the 19th-century European repertoire; and ...