Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) was a celebrated Swiss author of many plays and novels, with Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) first performed in 1956.It came to prominence in the English-speaking world in its original English version by acclaimed playwright, author and critic Maurice Valency (1903–1996).Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, author and screenwriter, whose work includes Angels in America and the screenplays for Munich, Lincoln, and a new version of West Side Story, amongst many others.

'A superb piece of theatre… this grotesquely funny study of money and morality has a remorseless, relentless force'

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) was a celebrated Swiss author of many plays and novels, with Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) first performed in 1956.It came to prominence in the English-speaking world in its original English version by acclaimed playwright, author and critic Maurice Valency (1903–1996).Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, author and screenwriter, whose work includes Angels in America and the screenplays for Munich, Lincoln, and a new version of West Side Story, amongst many others.

'A superb piece of theatre… this grotesquely funny study of money and morality has a remorseless, relentless force'

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990) was a celebrated Swiss author of many plays and novels, with Der Besuch der alten Dame (The Visit) first performed in 1956.It came to prominence in the English-speaking world in its original English version by acclaimed playwright, author and critic Maurice Valency (1903–1996).Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, author and screenwriter, whose work includes Angels in America and the screenplays for Munich, Lincoln, and a new version of West Side Story, amongst many others.

'A superb piece of theatre… this grotesquely funny study of money and morality has a remorseless, relentless force'