704 Pages
by
Routledge
704 Pages
by
Routledge
704 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is the fullest and most detailed study yet published in English of Ernst Toller's plays and their most significant productions. In particular the productions directed by Karl-Heinz Martin, Jurgen Fehling and Erwin Piscator are closely analyzed and the author demonstrates how, brilliant though they were, they obscured or even distorted Toller's intentions. The plays are seen as eminently... Read more
I Introduction II The Plays: Die Wandlung (Transformation); Masse Mensch (Masses and Man); Die Rache des verhohnten Liebhabers (The Scorned Laver's Revenge); Die Maschinensturmer (The Machine Wreckers) III Toller's Use of Language IV The Plays: Hinkemann; Der entfesselte Wotan (Wotan Unbound); Hoppla, wir leben! (Whoops! We're Alive) ; Fewer aus den Kesseln (Draw the Fires); Die blinde Gottin (The Blind Goddess); Nie wieder Friede (No More Peace); Pastor Hall; V Conclusion
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Cecil Davies
