This book has been translated into Persian by Ali Najimi. Tehran-based Yekshanbeh Publishing has released 'Play Strindberg' in 84 pages.

Written in 1968 and published in 1969, 'Play Strindberg' is a free adaptation of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death (1900), using Strindberg's characters.

The title is a reference to Jacques Loussier's Play Bach series of recordings. The play premiered in Basel on 8 February 1969.

Dürrenmatt 's plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire.

He was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten.

Dürrenmatt was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire.

He was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten.

Like Bertolt Brecht, Dürrenmatt explored the dramatic possibilities of epic theatre. Next to Brecht he has been called its "most original theorist".

Dürrenmatt also enjoyed painting. Some of his works and his drawings were exhibited in Neuchâtel in 1976 and 1985 and in Zürich in 1978.

Since 2000 his works have been exhibited in the Centre Dürrenmatt, part of the Swiss National Library.