The Child Murderess

The Child Murderess (German: Die Kindermörderin) is a play in six acts by German author Heinrich Leopold Wagner and an example of a Bürgerliches Trauerspiel (bourgeois tragedy). It takes place in Wagner's hometown Strasbourg and concerns a young girl who kills her child which had been conceived in a rape. Characters Evchen Humbrecht, a butcher's daughter Mrs. Humbrecht, her mother Martin Humbrecht, her father Master Humbrecht, her cousin Lieutenant von Gröningseck Lieutenant von Hasenpoth Mrs. Marthan, a washer woman Plot