Kroetz Plays: 1 : 9780413774019 : 03 Jun 2004 : Stallerhof: "A fascinating, anarchic play that should have its audiences rethinking their definitions of what theatre is and can be."?Star Tribune Request Programme: "Shows that Kroetz is a writer of genuine contemporary tragedy which can touch us all."?Time Out The Nest: "A fine example of his power to evoke the extremes of human feeling." ?The Times Tom Fool: A powerful and probing work on male identity and changing gender roles. Desire: A play that is radical, provocative, and savagely comic in its exploration of the human condition. Through the Leaves: "A gripping and convincing study of emotional need." ?Sunday Telegraph Franz Xaver Kroetz is Germany's most produced living playwright. His plays characteristically describe a tension between post-modern pessimism and the bold exploration of taboo subjects.