Stanisaw Ignacy Witkiewicz Collected Plays, Volume 1

The four volumes contain all 23 of Witkiewicz’s plays in English translation, including The Madman and the Nun, The Crazy Locomotive, The Water Hen, The Shoemaker, They, The Pragmatists, Tumor Brainiowicz, Gyubal Wahazar, The Anonymous Work, The Cuttlefish, The Beelzebub Sonata, as well as essays and introductions by translator Daniel Gerould.Volume 1 contents:PrefaceChronologyIntroductionW’s Theory of TheatreW’s Dramatic UniverseComedies of Family LifeThe Poor BoyMenagerie or The Elephant EscapadesCourageous Princess [King and Thief]Princess Magdalena or The Importunate PrinceCockroaches