Botho Strauss „Groß und klein“,
Botho Strauss’ second play about contemporary West German society, after Three Acts of Recognition, became a modern classic, at least in the German canon, for several reasons. The journey play in ten scenes presents the thirty-something graphic designer Lotte as a complex female protagonist in a quest for real communication and affection. The sociological context is, exactly ten years after the revolt of 1968, how the attempt of collective emancipation has led to a culture of materialistic egotism and superficial individualism.