Professor Bernhardi (1912) is one of the best known plays written by the Viennese dramatist, short story writer and novelist Arthur Schnitzler.
It was first performed in Berlin at the Kleines Theater in 1912, but banned in Austria until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a result of World War I.
Professor Bernhardi is a Jewish physician, director of the Elisabethinum, a clinic named in honor of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
Father Reder, a priest summoned by a nurse arrives to give the patient the last rites but Bernhardi refuses him admission.
While Bernhardi and Father Reder are arguing, the girl dies, having been told by the nurse that the priest arrived.
Professor Ebenwald, a man with influence among corrupt judicial officers offers to pay a bribe so that Bernhardi can avoid trial.
The production was planned to transfer to London's West End, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.