Abstract
This article deals with pauses, breaks and silence, and their dramatic functions and meanings, which can be detected within the cabarets of the Austrian comedian Josef Hader. From a general point of view, we reflect on the (anti-)phenomenon of pauses and silence and their essences, searching to define them and taking the pauses in music as starting point and theoretical analogon.
Keywords:
Josef Hader; Pauses; Silence; Dramatic functions; Austrian cabaret; Music and drama