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Title

The plays of Ernst Toller : a revaluation / Cecil Davies.

Author

Davies, Cecil W. (Cecil William)

Publication

Amsterdam : Harwood Academic Publishers, c1996.

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Description

xii, 685 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., music; 25 cm.

Summary

"This is the richest and most detailed study in English of Ernst Toller's plays and their most significant productions. Dr Cecil Davies places particular emphasis on the productions directed by Karl-Heinz Martin, Jurgen Fehling and Erwin Piscator, showing how these brilliant directors at times obscured and even distorted Toller's intentions. While Dr Davies sees the plays as eminently stageworthy, he shows that their primary value is found in Toller's use of language, both in prose and in verse. The neglected puppet-play The Scorned Lover's Revenge is viewed from a new perspective, both with regard to its language and its theme of sexuality, so critical to Toller's writings as a whole." "The Plays of Ernst Toller gives the reader a new understanding of why Toller was regarded as the most outstanding German dramatist of his generation, until his work was overshadowed by Bertolt Brecht. Dr Davies' exceptional study aims to restore Toller to his rightful place in the archives of theatre history and to encourage the revival of his plays on the contemporary stage."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Contemporary theatre studies ; v. 10

Uniform Title

Contemporary theatre studies v. 10.

Subject

Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction to the Series -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgements -- I Introduction (starting p. 1) -- II The Plays (starting p. 11) -- Die Wandlung (Transformation) (starting p. 12) -- Masse Mensch (Masses and Man) (starting p. 83) -- Die Rache des verhohnten Liebhabers (The Scorned Lover's Revenge) (starting p. 131) -- Die Maschinensturmer (The Machine Wreckers) (starting p. 160) -- III Toller's Use of Language (starting p. 211) -- IV The Plays (starting p. 264) -- Hinkemann (starting p. 265) -- Der entfesselte Wotan (Wotan Unbound) (starting p. 297) -- Hoppla, wir leben! (Whoops! We're Alive) (starting p. 311) -- Feuer aus den Kesseln (Draw the Fires) (starting p. 355) -- Die blinde Gottin (The Blind Goddess) (starting p. 383) -- Nie wieder Friede (No More Peace) (starting p. 408) -- Pastor Hall (starting p. 423) -- V Conclusion (starting p. 443) -- Notes (starting p. 450) -- Bibliography (including audio tapes and archives) (starting p. 600) -- App. A Matteo Bandello: Le Novelle, La Prima Parte, Novella 3 (starting p. 613) -- App. B The second edition of Die Maschinensturmer (starting p. 623) -- App. C Toller's contributions to the Leipziger Massenfestspiele (starting p. 626) -- App. D A Hinkemann chronology (starting p. 641) -- App. E Variant readings of Hinkemann's speech in the last scene (starting p. 643) -- App. F Interview with Stephen Wardale (starting p. 644) -- App. G Nie wieder Friede. Examples of W. H. Auden's lyrics and H. Murrill's settings (starting p. 649) -- Index (starting p. 653)

ISBN

• 3718656159
• 3718656159 (pbk.)

OCLC

35614572

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library