A Most Sweet Poison

Informationen zum Autor John Goodwin is the author of the best-selling book A Short Guide to Shakespeare's Plays and editor, among other books, of Peter Hall's Diaries. He was the Head of the Press and Publication department at the National Theatre, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company. Klappentext Based on the novel "Sappho" by Alphonse Daudet A play about sexual obsession. Set in nineteenth-century Paris and the French countryside, it centres on a passionate love affair between a young man and an older woman. The novel on which the play is loosely based was published in 1884, hugely popular in its day and notorious for its supposed immorality. The story - or an approximation to it - has been filmed in England (1922), in America (1931) and twice in France (1934 and 1970). It also gave rise to the libretto of an opera by Massenet. Zusammenfassung Meeting at a party thrown by the sculptor Caoudal, the young Jean Gaussin and the artist's model Fanny LeGrand (known as Sappho) embark on a doomed love affair.

Résumé

Meeting at a party thrown by the sculptor Caoudal, the young Jean Gaussin and the artist's model Fanny LeGrand (known as Sappho) embark on a doomed love affair.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Goodwin
• Edition: Oberon Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 01.08.2006
• EAN: 9781840026061
• ISBN: 978-1-84002-606-1
• Pages: 90
• Thèmes: Oberon Book; Oberon Modern Plays
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée