LEADER 02370oam 2200565I 450 001 9910458572503321 005 20180612235449.0 010 $a1-315-07974-7 010 $a1-134-42534-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315079745 035 $a(CKB)2550000001331521 035 $a(EBL)1743854 035 $a(OCoLC)884017051 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001412288 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11916483 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001412288 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11407580 035 $a(PQKB)10009783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743854 035 $a(OCoLC)897455489 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001331521 100 $a20180331e20132000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe mannequins' ball $ea play in three acts /$fby Bruno Jasienski ; translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (101 p.) 225 1 $aPolish Theatre Archive ;$vVolume 6 300 $aFirst published 2000 by Harwood Academic Publishers. 311 $a90-5755-052-0 311 $a1-306-97381-3 327 $achapter The Mannequins' Ball. 330 $aThis play, by Futurist poet Bruno Jasienski, is an outstanding example of the joining of left-wing politics and avant-garde interest in human mechanization that characterized the experimental theatre of Poland in the inter-war years.
Stalinism and the purges cut short Jasienski's career and prevented productions of his play for many years - except for a brilliant constructivist staging in Prague in 1933. The Mannequins' Ball can now take its place along with Capek's R.U.R. as one of the major twentieth-century dramas making use of the themes and techniques of human autom 410 0$aRoutledge Harwood Polish and East European theatre archive ;$vVolume 6. 606 $aRussian drama$vTranslations into English 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRussian drama 676 $a891.8527 700 $aJasienski$b Bruno$f1901-1939.,$0686252 701 $aGerould$b Daniel C$g(Daniel Charles),$f1928-2012.$0907199 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458572503321 996 $aThe mannequins' ball$92029619 997 $aUNINA