わが友ヒットラー

My Friend Hitler

Author

Yukio Mishima

Language

Japanese

Year

1968

Country

Japan

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

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My Friend Hitler is a 1968 neoclassical drama written and produced by Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The play depicts the historical figures Adolf Hitler, Gustav Krupp, Gregor Strasser, and Ernst Röhm, and uses them as mouthpieces to express Mishima's own views on fascism and beauty. Published in book form on October 13, 1968, the play was first produced on stage the following year and ran January 18–31, 1969. In one of these productions, Mishima himself played Adolf Hitler.