Schimmelpfennig Plays One, Paperback by Schimmelpfennig, Roland; Tushingham, David (TRN), ISBN 1783190957, ISBN-13 9781783190959, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

<p>Roland Schimmelpfennig is the most performed contemporary German playwright. This collection demonstrates the breadth and formal innovation of his writing.<br><br><b>The Animal Kingdom</b> depicts the unremitting battle for human survival in a merciless environment: the theatre.<br><br><b>Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God</b> has been likened to a post-colonial Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Here two doctors who have returned from Africa reveal the true cost of their failure to combat a terrible and frightening disease.<br><br><b>Idomeneus</b> is a narrative play written for a large chorus which re-tells the classical Idomeneus myth in contemporary terms; a fractured, mythic tidal wave, brought to life with astounding theatricality by an ensemble of storytellers.<br><br>A small narrative piece, <b>The Four Points of the Compass</b> is an urban fable of crossed destinies and uncanny coincidences and a compelling contemporary tale of lust for life and the fragility of existence.</p>