The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays by Cocteau, Jean

The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays

Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature, none showed himself more versatile...
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Author: Jean Cocteau
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Language: English
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The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays by Cocteau, Jean

The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays

$58.00

The Infernal Machine: & Other Plays

$58.00
Author: Jean Cocteau
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Jean Cocteau
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/17/1964
Pages: 412
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.18w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780811200226

About the Author
Cocteau, Jean: - Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was a French writer, poet, designer, draftsman, sculptor, filmmaker, and boxing manager. His list of friends--including New Directions' founder James Laughlin--would read like a catalog of the stars of the twentieth-century avant-garde. He died of a heart attack after being informed of the death of his friend, the singer Edith Piaf.

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