Toller: Plays Two

The second collection of plays from the German Expressionist playwright. Includes the plays: The Machine Breakers, The German Hinkemann, The Revenge of the Lover Scorned, Wotan Unbound, Day of the Proletariat and German Revolution.Ernst Toller (1893-1939) was a formative figure in the development of theatrical modernism. He was also a revolutionary activist who experienced fully the unbearable cataclysms of his times: war, revolution, imprisonment, the chaos of Weimar life, Nazi persecution, exile and the Holocaust. His revolutionary intensity infuses these three innovative plays, all of which inspired landmark productions and substantially extended the language of theatricality. These stage-worthy new translations capture that spirit of artistic and political combustion and should help to restore Toller''s rightful place in the modern repertoire.>

About the author

Ernst Toller was a formative figure in the development of theatricaal modernism, yet his plays have not been available in English since the 1920s and 30s. He was also a revolutionary activist who experienced fully the unbearable cataclysms of his time: war, revolution, imprisonment, the chaos of Weimar life, Nazi persecution, exile and the Holocaust.

Product details

• Authors: Toller Ernst, Ernst Toller, Ernst (Author) Toller
• Assisted by: Alan Pearlman (Translation), Alan (Author) Pearlman (Translation)
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781783191260
• ISBN: 978-1-78319-126-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 210 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Germany, DRAMA / European / German, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts