The Key to the Great Gate and Other Plays - Couverture souple

Morlock, Frank J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1479400890 ISBN 13 : 9781479400898

Editeur : Borgo Press, 2013

Synopsis

Here are four plays by the well-known American dramatist, Frank J. Morlock. THE KEY TO THE GREAT GATE, based on a novel by Hinko Gottlieb, is set in 1942 Vienna, where four Jews have been imprisoned by the Nazis. The newest inmate, Tarnopolski, has learned to manipulate the space-time continuum. His ability to shrink and expand objects--including people--creates consternation among both the prisoners and their guards. This is a moving story about the power of the human spirit to survive the most appalling conditions. HEROES AND ROMANTICS OF OUR TIMES, based on a play by Henri Duvernois, is set in small-town America, where the corrupt Sheriff gets his kicks by having his girlfriend pretend she's a whore--until she becomes disgusted with the way he handles a homeless man who finds a fortune on the street. LADY LIBERTY, another adaptation from Duvernois, focuses on an inmate in a sanitarium who's placed himself there deliberately to escape his nagging wife--until, that is, she decides that she can't live without him! THE WRITING LESSON, based on a story by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov, is a comedy of the difficulties of writing professionally under the Stalinist regime. Four great plays focusing on the plight of the underdog!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Borgo Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1479400890
• ISBN 13: 9781479400898
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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