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A lame artist Adolph is talking with disarming frankness to Gustav about his work and personal life. Gustav goes for the throat, weaving a potent, Iago-like spell from his victim's insecurities. The target is Adolph's marriage to Tekla; the weapons range from guilt ? one of the "creditors" of the title ? to patriarchal, social and performance anxiety. Adolph becomes convinced that unless he confronts his wife and makes her submit to his will, he'll succumb to epilepsy. When Tekla arrives, their love games turn, through Adolph's poisoned mind, into a bruising war of words. And Gustav isn't don |
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