Torschlusspanik, the German broadcast version of Agape Agape, translated by Marcus Ingendaay, directed by Klaus Buhlert, and performed by Ignaz Kirchner, originally broadcast in 1999, was re-broadcasted on 19th November 2005 on Deutschlandfunk.

During the summer of 1997, when he visited the German-American Festival for Literature, "Crossings," in Cologne, Gaddis was persuaded by Elisabeth Pankin to write a play for DeutschlandRadio, where she was director of radio plays. Gaddis was surprised because, as he rmarked, "radio is something you listen to in cars." Pankin was expecting a collage for many voices, something coming close to party scenes in The Recognitions , but got instead a monologue. Her disappointment passed during production, and in the end all involved knew that they had taken part in something great and important.
http://www.dradio.de/dlf /sendungen/hoerspiel/421346/
--Anja Zeidler

Forthcoming from the
University of Alabama Press:
Paper Empire: William Gaddis and the World System
edited by Rone Shavers & Joseph Tabbi
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