La recepció de l’obra "Després de la pluja", de Sergi Belbel, a Alemanya [The reception of the play "Després de la pluja", by Sergi Belbel, in Germany]

Sergi Belbel is the Catalan playwright whose plays have had most international success, including in Germany. The play that made him known internationally in the early nineties was "Carícies". In Germany, his work came to public attention when his tragicomedy "Després de la pluja" (Nach dem Regen) premiered at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in 1995. This article takes into account the analyses of critiques of the play’s German premiere as well as six other productions in different cities of Germany and Switzerland and analyzes the reception of Belbel’s plays on the German stage.