Danton's Death
| Danton's Death | |
|---|---|
1981 Berlin production of Dantons Tod | |
| Original title | Dantons Tod |
| Written by | Georg Büchner |
| Characters | Georges Danton Louis Legendre Charles-François Delacroix Camille Desmoulins Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles Pierre Philippeaux Fabre d'Églantine Louis-Sébastien Mercier Thomas Paine Maximilien de Robespierre Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Bertrand Barère Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Arthur Dillon Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville Jean-Pierre-André Amar Jean-Henri Voulland Martial Joseph Armand Herman René-François Dumas (fr) Antoine Simon Lucile Duplessis |
| Date premiered | 5 January 1902 |
| Original language | German |
| Setting | French Revolution, Reign of Terror |
Danton's Death (Dantons Tod) was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution.