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The mannequins' ball : a play in three acts /
This play, by Futurist poet Bruno Jasienski, is an outstanding example of the joining of left-wing politics and avant-garde interest in human mechanization that characterized the experimental theatre of Poland in the inter-war years. Stalinism and the purges cut short Jasienski's career and pre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxfordshire, England ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge Harwood Polish and East European theatre archive ;
Volume 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This play, by Futurist poet Bruno Jasienski, is an outstanding example of the joining of left-wing politics and avant-garde interest in human mechanization that characterized the experimental theatre of Poland in the inter-war years. Stalinism and the purges cut short Jasienski's career and prevented productions of his play for many years - except for a brilliant constructivist staging in Prague in 1933. The Mannequins' Ball can now take its place along with Capek's R.U.R. as one of the major twentieth-century dramas making use of the themes and techniques of human autom. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (101 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781134425341 1134425341 9781315079745 1315079747 |