The Plebeians rehearse the uprising : a German tragedy / Gunter Grass ; with an introductory address by the author ; translated by Ralph Manheim

Grass, Günter (1927-2015)

ISBN 10: 0140481206 / ISBN 13: 9780140481204

Edité par London : Penguin, 1972

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Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 121 pages ; 19 cm. Notes; Originally published in Germany as: Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand, 1966. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; The prehistory and post-history of the tragedy of Coriolanus from Livy and Plutarch via Shakespeare down to Brecht and myself / Gunter Grass -- The uprising of 17 June 1953 : documentary report / Uta Gerhardt. Subjects; Riots Germany Berlin ; Drama. Riots. German drama translations into English. English drama Translations from German. Germany Berlin. Berlin (Germany) Riot, June, 1953 ; Drama. Drama in German, 1945 English texts. 1 Kg.

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• Titre: The Plebeians rehearse the uprising : a German tragedy / Gunter Grass ; with an introductory address by the author ; translated by Ralph Manheim
• Éditeur: London : Penguin
• Date de parution: 1972
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0140481206
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780140481204
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: 1st edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In his first full-length play, Günter Grass takes Bertolt Brecht, the foremost modern German dramatist, as his key figure. On 17 June, 1953, the workers in East Germany rise in rebellion against oppressive measures, but their revolt lacks a voice and a leader. In the East German theatre of which he is the director, the famed Communist poet and playwright, Bertolt Brecht (named 'the boss' in the play), is shown rehearsing his adaption of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. The revolution spills over into the stage happenings as a workers' delegation requests that 'the Boss' lend the authority of his voice and fame to their demands for justice and freedom. The intellectual is shown in a tragic dilemma: reasoning keeps him from active commitment until it is too late. He becomes guilty of betraying the workers and his own self.