Frank Hentschker - Böcker

For over ten years, the annual Prelude Festival has been a force in New York theatre and performance: a free, three-day festival that celebrates artistic and academic exchange in the heart of the city. This book celebrates ten years (2003–2013) of unlimited creativity and discourse within an academic setting.

Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour opened on Broadway in 1934. This drama about two schoolteachers falsely accused of having a lesbian affair was a popular and critical success-but the subject matter caused authorities to ban the play in many locations. This new work combines excerpts from Hellman's controversial play and material from the 1936 case which sought to have the play banned.

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

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 2 contents:Maciej Korbowa and BellatrixThe PragmatistsTumor BrainiowiczMister Price or Tropical MadnessThe New DeliveranceTootli-PootliTheyCountry HouseThe Independence of Triangles

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 3 contents:Metaphysics of a Two-Headed CalfGyubal WahazarThe Water HenThe Anonymous WorkThe CuttlefishDainty Shapes and Hairy Apes

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 4 contents:Past Mastery And Self-Desctructive Form (1922-1925): The Triumph Of NothingnessJan Maciej Karol HellcatThe Madman and the NunThe Crazy LocomotiveJanulka, Daughter of FizdejkoThe MotherThe Beelzebub SonataJettisoning Pure Form (1925-1934): Demythification and TheatricalismThe ShoemakersEpilogueAppendixIllustrationsAcknowledgments & Credits (Sources)BibliographySelected Critical Studies (In English)