In "The Rats," an ex-theatre director accuses his daughter's fiance a student and would-be actor, of undermining the fabric of society and the Prussian state with unconventional views, like a plague of rats. Also includes "The Weavers," which is based on an account of the weaver's revolt of 1844, as told to Hauptmann by his father.
- ISBN10 1840020474
- ISBN13 9781840020472
- Publish Date 1 June 2000 (first published 1 December 1997)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 5 July 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 200
- Language English