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Title: Plays Volume 1
Condition: New
EAN: 9780714549644
ISBN: 9780714549644
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 30/05/2019
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Weight: 248g
Author: Georg Kaiser
Translator: B.J. Kenworthy, Rex Last, J.M. Ritchie
Contributor: B.J. Kenworthy (Translated by), Rex Last (Translated by), J.M. Ritchie (Translated by)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0714549649
Description: "These five plays provide an excellent introduction to Kaiser’s vision of the regeneration of man, which he illustrated in his works by a total paring down of detail, penetrating to the core of the matter and revealing man’s true potential.In From Morning to Midnight the cashier, downtrodden victim of the capitalist system, turns bank robber in order to test the power, freedom and happiness that money can bring. His grand gesture of setting himself and others free turns into an odyssey of disillusion and ends in his violent death. The unique stage technique employed by Kaiser is as challenging today as it was when the play was first performed. The Burghers of Calais has always been considered Kaiser’s greatest play and the “classic” of Expressionist drama. In it, Kaiser exploits the non-naturalistic technique of Expressionism. The play embraces vast expansiveness and total concentration, stylized gesture and lengthy monologues."
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Poetry & Drama
Release Year: 2019

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