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Jasienski Bruno <1901-1939., > |
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The mannequins' ball : a play in three acts / / by Bruno Jasienski ; translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-134-42541-4 |
1-315-07974-7 |
1-134-42534-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (101 p.) |
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Collana |
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Polish Theatre Archive ; ; Volume 6 |
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GerouldDaniel C <1928-2012.> (Daniel Charles) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2000 by Harwood Academic Publishers. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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chapter The Mannequins' Ball. |
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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 |
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