Theatre· Zurich
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
**Biedermann und die Brandstifter** (*The Firebugs*, 1958) is a play by Swiss writer Max Frisch about a respectable, complacent citizen named Gottlieb Biedermann who, out of a desire to appear decent and avoid conflict, allows two apparent arsonists to move into his attic — ultimately with catastrophic consequences. The play is a dark satire on cowardice, moral complicity, and the failure of ordin