Bernhard Studlar is an Austrian playwright. His plays were premiered at renowned European theatres such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Neumarkt Theater in Zurich. Studlar has recieced several awards. In 2000 Studlarand Andreas Sauter Kleist received the prize for best young playwright from German-speaking countries for A. is eine Andere, Transdanubia Dreaming and the first prize at the Heidelberg festival. The text – which was produced specifically for the Slovak National Theatre – deals with the human need to have an enemy, because the enemy is often the only glue that holds the community together. Longing for the Enemy will be directed by a representative of the youngest generation of directors – Ján Luterán.