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With The Visit, a “tragic comedy” written in 1955, the Swiss author Dürrenmatt conquered stages around the world and created one of his most unique female figures, Claire Zachanassian, a woman with a perverse and evil charm. Behind the multimillionaire, who made her fortune with numerous marriages, once hid the poor girl Klari Wascher, seduced and abandoned by Alfred Ill. This grotesque fable begins with the return of the old Claire to her native place, the town of Gullen, a Swiss agglomeration of a few thousand souls now in full economic decline. Claire offers a billion to the community, provided that someone does justice and kills Alfred Ill. The temptation of money will expose the hypocrisy and corruptibility of the citizens of Gullen, in a universal parable about justice and the power of money.