Kanzer informs us that Tausk arrived in Berlin in 1906 just in time to see the first performance of And Pippa Dances. He had abandoned his legal career as well as his wife and two small sons in an effort to find himself through the freedom of Bohemian life and the cultivation of his literary and artistic talents. The deep distress and prolonged conflict he had suffered prior to this point are reflected in his play, Twilight, in which the protagonist leaves his wife and two sons to 'find himself' in the pursuit of the arts; he dies after writing a masterpiece drawn from his and his family's suffering. A letter dated February 23, 1906 shows that Tausk had hoped his review of And Pippa Dances would win for him quick recognition and the attention of Hauptmann himself. His desire to establish a relationship with both the intelligentsia and the dramatist by means of this