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The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays

By Jean Cocteau

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The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays

By Jean Cocteau

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Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature, none showed himself more versatile than France's Jean Cocteau. Poet, novelist, critic, artist, actor, film-maker, Cocteau was also one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced, with over a dozen plays which are frequently revived, not only in France, but in translation in many other countries. For this collection, fine translations of four full-length plays, one short play, and the "Speaker's Text" for the Cocteau-Stravinsky opera Oedipus Rex have been selected. The longer plays (The Infernal Machine, Orpheus, Bacchus, Knights of the Round Table) are re-creations of classic myth and legend-poetic and highly original interpretations of certain timeless themes which have inspired great drama through the ages. The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party is, by contrast, merely a "curtain-raiser," but remarkable as un jeu d'esprit, revealing the wit and psychological penetration for which Cocteau is famous.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
412
Release Date:
1964-01-17
Publication Date:
1964-01-31
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0811200221
ISBN13:
9780811200226
Weight:
422 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
201 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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