ANATOL

                            a comedy by Arthur Schnitzler

                                  Adapted and Translated

                                        by Joe Praml

Arthur Schnitzler, a Jewish Viennese playwright who influenced Sigmund Freud, wrote Anatol in 1892. It takes place in fin de siècle Vienna, a time of repressed sex and class consciousness. Anatol is a sensual comedy about the eternal male-female wars. Anatol is a young, handsome Viennese Don Juan. He exerts his charm and high social position in the pursuit of the perfect affair with seven women in seven episodes. These vividly drawn women toy with Anatol as much as he toys with them. After Elsa leaves, Anatol says to himself "Just one more. How stupid it all is." He meets his match with Ilona. Anatol is the ultimate loser.