Death and the Maiden
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Death and the Maiden may refer to:
Drama
Death and the Maiden (play), by Ariel Dorfman
Death and the Maiden (film), an adaptation by Roman Polanski
Prinzessinnendramen: Der Tod und das Mädchen I-V (Princess Dramas: Death and the Maiden I-V), five theatrical plays by Elfriede Jelinek
Literature
Death and the Maiden, poem by Matthias Claudius, set to music by Schubert
Death and the Maiden (novel), a 1947 novel by Gladys Mitchell
"Death and the Maiden", a 1960 short story by Ray Bradbury
Death and the Maiden, a 1994 novel by P. N. Elrod
Batman: Death and the Maidens, a graphic novel by Greg Rucka
Death and the Maiden, a 1939 mystery novel by Q. Patrick
"Death and the Maiden" was the original title of the early draft of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, a 1966 short story by Joyce Carol Oates
Music
"Death and the Maiden" (song), composed by Franz Schubert in 1817
Death and the Maiden Quartet, an 1824 string quartet by Franz Schubert
Death and the Maiden Ballet, a 1938 ballet by Nikos Skalkottas
"Death and the Maiden" (Cradle of Filth song), from the 2017 album Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
"Death and the Maiden" (The Verlaines song)
"Death and the Maiden Retold", a song by The Imagined Village from their self-titled debut album
Television
"Death and the Maiden" (The Vampire Diaries), an episode of the television series The Vampire Diaries
"Death and the Maiden", an episode of the television series Foundation.
"Death and the Maiden", an episode of the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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