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Four Plays by Odon von Horváth includes Faith, Hope and Charity, Figaro Gets A Divorce, and Judgment Day. Considered one of the most important dramatists of the 20th century, von Horváth wrote plays and novels before his untimely death in 1938. His early success came in 1931 and 1932, just before Hitler came to power in Germany, which made productions of his politically-oriented plays impossible there. His dramatic world is linked to the tradition of German folk theater, influencing many later playwrights. His subject was the disintegrating social order in the years before Hitler's rise, chronicled in the language people spoke, their mannerisms, clichés, political and sentimental platitudes, and media jargon. This volume demonstrates von Horváth's remarkable range, showcasing the taut realism of Faith, Hope and Charity and Judgment Day; the more panoramic Kasimir and Karoline, his great success of 1932; and Figaro Gets a Divorce, acclaimed in its 1986 premiere in San Diego.
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Four Plays, Ödön von Horváth
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1986
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- Titel
- Four Plays
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Ödön von Horváth
- Verlag
- AJ Publishing Company
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1986
- Einband
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1555540023
- ISBN13
- 9781555540029
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Theater, Theater & Tanz
- Beschreibung
- Four Plays by Odon von Horváth includes Faith, Hope and Charity, Figaro Gets A Divorce, and Judgment Day. Considered one of the most important dramatists of the 20th century, von Horváth wrote plays and novels before his untimely death in 1938. His early success came in 1931 and 1932, just before Hitler came to power in Germany, which made productions of his politically-oriented plays impossible there. His dramatic world is linked to the tradition of German folk theater, influencing many later playwrights. His subject was the disintegrating social order in the years before Hitler's rise, chronicled in the language people spoke, their mannerisms, clichés, political and sentimental platitudes, and media jargon. This volume demonstrates von Horváth's remarkable range, showcasing the taut realism of Faith, Hope and Charity and Judgment Day; the more panoramic Kasimir and Karoline, his great success of 1932; and Figaro Gets a Divorce, acclaimed in its 1986 premiere in San Diego.