The Mission (play)
{{Quote box |quote = Debuisson in Jamaica Between black breasts In Paris Robespierre His jaw broken. Or Jeanne d'Arc when the angel failed to appear The angels always fail to appear in the end MOUNTAIN OF FLESH DANTON CAN'T GIVE MEAT TO THE STREET LOOK LOOK AT THE FLESH IN THE STREET THE HUNT FOR RED DEER IN THE YELLOW SHOES Christ. The Devil showed him the kingdoms of the world THROW OFF YOUR CROSS AND ALL WILL BE THINE. In the time of treason The landscapes are beautiful. |source = Heiner Müller, "Theme of A.S." (1958), anticipating many of the ideas and images developed in The Mission. |width = 30em |style = background:#c6dbf7; |qstyle = font-weight:bold; }}The Mission: Memory of a Revolution (Der Auftrag: Erinnerungen an eine Revolution), also known as The Task, is a postmodern drama by the (formerly East) German playwright Heiner Müller. The play was written and first published in 1979. Müller and his wife Ginka Cholakova co-directed its first theatrical production in 1980, at the intimate 'Theatre im 3.Stock' studio space of the Volksbühne in Berlin (opening on 16 November). Müller also directed a full-house production in 1982 at the Bochum Theatre in West Germany.