Jungle of Cities and Other Plays - Includes: Drums in the Night; Roundheads and Peakheads

The three plays gathered in this volume are among Bertolt Brecht's most remarkable; the best-known is Jungle of Cities, here translated by the poet Anselm Hollo. Set in Chicago in a climate of rampant capitalism, it is the story of a savage battle waged between two men, whose relationship is at once homosexual and sadomasochistic and whose tightly choreographed hostility is a metaphor for their cultural surround.

List of contents

Jungle of cities / translated by Anselm Hollo -- Drums in the night / translated by Frank Jones -- Roundheads and peakheads / translated by N. Goold-Verschoyle.

Summary

The three plays gathered in this volume are among Bertolt Brecht's most remarkable; the best-known is Jungle of Cities, here translated by the poet Anselm Hollo. Set in Chicago in a climate of rampant capitalism, it is the story of a savage battle waged between two men, whose relationship is at once homosexual and sadomasochistic and whose tightly choreographed hostility is a metaphor for their cultural surround.

Product details

• Authors: Brecht, Bertolt Brecht, Bertolt Brecht Brecht
• Assisted by: Eric Bentley (Editor)
• Publisher: Avalon travel publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.1994
• EAN: 9780802151490
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-5149-0
• No. of pages: 283
• Series: Brecht, Bertolt; Brecht, Bertolt
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Chicago, c 1930 to c 1939, Plays, Playscripts, Relating to gay people, TOPICAL / LGBT