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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458572503321

Autore

Jasienski Bruno <1901-1939., >

Titolo

The mannequins' ball : a play in three acts / / by Bruno Jasienski ; translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-315-07974-7

1-134-42534-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Polish Theatre Archive ; ; Volume 6

Altri autori (Persone)

GerouldDaniel C <1928-2012.> (Daniel Charles)

Disciplina

891.8527

Soggetti

Russian drama

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2000 by Harwood Academic Publishers.

Nota di contenuto

chapter The Mannequins' Ball.

Sommario/riassunto

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. <BR>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.  <EM>The Mannequins' Ball </EM>can now take its place along with Capek's <EM>R.U.R.</EM> as one of the major twentieth-century dramas making use of the themes and techniques of human autom