Details

Subject(s)

• German drama—21st century—Translations into English [Browse]

Translator

• Tushingham, David [Browse]

Series

• Modern playwrights. [More in this series]
• Oberon modern playwrights

Summary note

Roland Schimmelpfennig is the most performed contemporary German playwright. This collection demonstrates the breadth and formal innovation of his writing. The Animal Kingdom depicts the unremitting battle for human survival in a merciless environment: the theatre. Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God has been likened to a post-colonial Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Here two doctors who have returned from Africa reveal the true cost of their failure to combat a terrible and frightening disease. Idomeneus is a narrative play written for a large chorus which re-tells the classical Idomeneus m

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""�The Theatre Needs Challenges�""; ""The Animal Kingdom""; ""Idomeneus""; ""Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God""; ""The Four Points of the Compass""

ISBN

• 9781783195947
• 1783195940

OCLC

904207855

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