[1] It was the first self-proclaimed, full-length Expressionist play to be produced, though its dramatic structure is more or less realistic.
[2] It takes as its subject the conflict between the generations and a rejection of the world in general by the young.
[4] It was written in 1912, first published in 1914, and first performed in 1916 at the Albert-Theater in Dresden, although Hasenclever had read the play at the literary cabaret Das Gnu in early 1914.
[5] Ernst Deutsch played the Son to great acclaim.
He then "strides triumphantly over his father's corpse into a future full of glorious potential".