Simon Stephens on 'Funfair', the general election, and putting poverty on the stage

Odon von Horvath was 37 when he died. He was walking along the Champs Elysées in a thunderstorm when lightning struck a tree; a branch fell and hit him on the head, killing him instantly. That was in 1938. Born in Austria-Hungary, Von Horvath was living in Paris, in exile from the Nazi Party.

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