Decadent Histories - Four Plays by Amelia Hertz

Four innovative plays by Polish-Jewish playwright Amelia Hertz, who died in a Gestapo prison in Warsaw, 1942.

About the author

Born in 1878, Polish-Jewish playwright Amelia Hertz wrote in the early twentieth century innovative plays based on bizarre and macabre episodes from history and legend. She created a tightly controlled theatre of cruelty-set in decadent periods of ancient history–that confront extreme situations and pose "no exit" ethical and existential dilemmas. Hertz died in the notorious Pawiak Gestapo prison in Warsaw in 1942, a victim of the Nazis.

Summary

Four innovative plays by Polish-Jewish playwright Amelia Hertz, who died in a Gestapo prison in Warsaw, 1942.

Product details

• Authors: Amelia Hertz, Amelia Hertzaowna
• Assisted by: Jadwiga Kosicka (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.2015
• EAN: 9780990684749
• ISBN: 978-0-9906847-4-9
• No. of pages: 217
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama