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Fritzl-based play opens in Vienna Fritzl-based play opens in Vienna
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A controversial comic play inspired by the case of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of kidnapping and raping his daughter, has opened in Vienna.A controversial comic play inspired by the case of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of kidnapping and raping his daughter, has opened in Vienna.
The play, Pension F, has prompted outrage in Austria and its director says he has received death threats.The play, Pension F, has prompted outrage in Austria and its director says he has received death threats.
But Hubsi Kramar said the play was not a comedy about incest but a comment on media coverage of the case.But Hubsi Kramar said the play was not a comedy about incest but a comment on media coverage of the case.
Mr Fritzl is due to go on trial on 16 March charged with murder, enslavement, rape, incest and false imprisonment.Mr Fritzl is due to go on trial on 16 March charged with murder, enslavement, rape, incest and false imprisonment.
Many of the audience members during the first show were members of the media.
Posters torn down
Wearing a gold blazer, white shoes, slicked-back hair and a tiny moustache, Mr Kramar turned the focus from the stage to the audience, with comments such as "media representatives are very sensitive people" and "the more intelligent ones are here".
Some of the show's most memorable characters included Help Man, a superhero who wears a red stockings on his head, and an abuse victim wearing a bag over her head whose testimonies are always cut off.
The media are writing the play and I'm reacting to it Creator Hubsi Kramar Comic play satirises media frenzy
Mr Kramar said that as well as anonymous death threats, posters at the 3raum Anatomietheater, which is staging the play, had been torn down and glue smeared on the stage door.Mr Kramar said that as well as anonymous death threats, posters at the 3raum Anatomietheater, which is staging the play, had been torn down and glue smeared on the stage door.
"The media hunt is beginning to have an effect. It will be dangerous for all involved," said Mr Kramar, who altered the play's original title of Pension Fritzl in response to the protests."The media hunt is beginning to have an effect. It will be dangerous for all involved," said Mr Kramar, who altered the play's original title of Pension Fritzl in response to the protests.
The BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna says the largely improvised play is highly experimental and involves actors working with victims of abuse, who are playing some of the parts.The BBC's Bethany Bell in Vienna says the largely improvised play is highly experimental and involves actors working with victims of abuse, who are playing some of the parts.
Mr Kramar said the play was a work in progress and would develop as journalists arrived to report on Mr Fritzl's trial.Mr Kramar said the play was a work in progress and would develop as journalists arrived to report on Mr Fritzl's trial.
"The media are writing the play and I'm reacting to it," he said."The media are writing the play and I'm reacting to it," he said.
At the end of the show, Mr Kramar urged the audience not to forget other victims of abuse whose stories have not yet been told.
Investigators say Mr Fritzl, 73, has confessed to imprisoning and raping his daughter Elisabeth, and fathering seven children by her.Investigators say Mr Fritzl, 73, has confessed to imprisoning and raping his daughter Elisabeth, and fathering seven children by her.
But he denies murdering one of those children, who died shortly after birth and whose body he incinerated.But he denies murdering one of those children, who died shortly after birth and whose body he incinerated.