Das Werk (The Works, sometimes translated as The Plant) is a play by the
Nobel Prize winning
Austrian playwright and novelist
Elfriede Jelinek.
About
It premiered at the
Akademietheater in
Vienna on 11 April 2003, under the direction of
Nicolas Stemann.[1] Based on historical events, the play depicts the suffering of workers building a large power plant in the town of
Kaprun.[2] The
Nazi government used slave labor for the project, then after the end of
World War II, construction was completed using mostly foreign workers.[3]
Dürbeck, Gabriele (2007). "Monolog und Perücke: Nicolas Stemanns Inszenierungen von El-friede Jelineks Das Werk, Babel und Ulrike Maria Stuart". In Gutjahr, Ortrud (ed.). Ulrike Maria Stuart von Elfriede Jelinek: Uraufführung am Thalia Theater Hamburg in der Inszenierung von Nicolas Stemann. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann. pp. 82–93.
Thieriot, Gérard; Schenkermayr, Christian (2013). "In den Alpen; Das Werk; Ein Sturz; Kein Licht". In Janke, Pia (ed.). Jelinek-Handbuch. Springer-Verlag. pp. 185–190.
ISBN978-3-476-02367-4.