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{{a| | {{a|otto|{{image|Der Teufel|png|“''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken''”}}}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last play of [[Otto Büchstein]], composed on his deathbed in an opium den in [[Mandalay]], delirious with malaria.<ref>Other reports have it as [[dengue fever]].</ref> Critics have been unable to agree whether {{buchstein}} intended it as comedy, history or tragedy, but are more or less unanimous that he failed to manage any of the three. “A drudgedy” was [[Winthrop Grumman]]’s terse assessment. | ||
===Devil quote=== | ===Devil quote=== | ||
Mainly famous for a misquote in [[Gräfin Schümli Pflümli]]’s final aria, ''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken'' (''The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps''), often misquoted as “[[the devil is not in the detail. The devil is the detail]]”. | Mainly famous for a misquote in [[Gräfin Schümli Pflümli]]’s final aria, ''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken'' (''The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps''), often misquoted as “[[the devil is not in the detail. The devil is the detail]]”. | ||
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*[[Newsletter]] | *[[Newsletter]] | ||
*{{Buchstein}} | *{{Buchstein}} | ||
*{{ | *{{c2|Büchstein Operas|mythology}} | ||
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