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Von Horvath: Plays Two: Italian Night; Tales from the Vienna Woods
Contributor(s): Horváth, Ödön Von (Author), Hampton, Christopher (Translator)
ISBN: 1840021527     ISBN-13: 9781840021523
Publisher: Oberon Books
OUR PRICE:   $25.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2001
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Annotation: "These two plays are set in the period of roaring inflation that caused so much suffering to the German people after the First World War. In "Sladek," we see how social conditions can lead people to desperate action and violence, opening the road for dictators and fascists. Written just as the Nazis came to power, "A Sexual Congress" predicts with frightening accuracy the cycle of violence that was to spread throughout Europe.
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - General
Dewey: 832
Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.15" W x 8.28" (0.46 lbs) 168 pages
 
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Includes the plays Italian Night and Tales from the Vienna Woods

Written in 1930s Europe, these plays describe the decay of a society haunted by inflation and succumbing to a rising tide of fascism. In Hampton's translation of Tales from the Vienna Woods (staged at the RNT in 1977) von Horv th portrays, with compassion and impartiality, the interplay between individual selfishness and the pressures of a society in crisis. Italian Night, in this new translation by Meredith Oakes, has a group of friends deciding to hold a republican 'Italian Night', only to discover the fascists have chosen the same day for a German Day parade.