Georg Kaiser (1878–1945)
Auteur de From Morning to Midnight
A propos de l'auteur
In the "GAS trilogy" (The Coral, Gas I, and Gas II) Kaiser's fundamental theme, the regeneration of man, is presented in terms of contemporary social conflicts. The cycle of plays encompasses the entire evolution of capitalism within an abstract scheme. Kaiser was the leading playwright of German afficher plus expressionism and exponent of its meager settings, violent contrasts, and love of the grotesque and shocking, all aimed at arousing in the beholder an intense "awareness of life." His more than 50 plays include every variety of style and subject matter, including social drama, comedy, farce, romance, legend, and history. His characters are types shorn of individual subtleties, embodiments of ideas pure and simple. He died in Switzerland. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Georg Kaiser
Stücke 2 exemplaires
Die Koralle and Gas I & II - A Triology 2 exemplaires
Kanzlist Krehler 2 exemplaires
Die klitischen Personalpronomina im Französischen und Portugiesischen : eine synchronische und diachronische… (1992) 2 exemplaires
König Hahnrei 2 exemplaires
Stark in Gesellschaftslehre 1 - Arbeitsheft 1 exemplaire
Stark in Gesellschaftslehre 1 - Schülerband 1 exemplaire
Stark in Gesellschaftslehre 2 - Schülerband 1 exemplaire
Gilles und Jeanne: Bühnenspiel in drei Teilen 1 exemplaire
Die Gasgesellschaft [illegale Flugblätter] 1 exemplaire
Gaas : draama viies vaatuses 1 exemplaire
Die Sorina : Komödie in drei Akten 1 exemplaire
Es ist genug. Roman. 1 exemplaire
Alain und Elise 1 exemplaire
From Morning to Midnight [theatre programme] 1 exemplaire
Juana : Einakter 1 exemplaire
Oktobertag : Schauspiel in drei Akten 1 exemplaire
Noli me tangere : Stück in zwei Teilen 1 exemplaire
Zweimal Oliver : Stück in drei Teilen 1 exemplaire
TDR #17 1 exemplaire
Phantom Lover: A Play In Three Acts 1 exemplaire
Der Gärtner von Toulouse : Schauspiel in fünf Akten 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributeur — 565 exemplaires
An Anthology of German Expressionist Drama: A Prelude to the Absurd (1963) — Contributeur — 74 exemplaires
Tales of the German Imagination from the Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann (Penguin Classics) (2012) — Contributeur — 60 exemplaires
Weill : The seven deadly sins + Berlin requiem {excerpt} + Happy end {excerpts} + Rise and fall of the city Mahagonny… (1997) — Librettist — 8 exemplaires
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill's Berlin Theatre Songs — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Kaiser, Georg
- Nom légal
- Kaiser, Friedrich Carl Georg
- Date de naissance
- 1878-11-25
- Date de décès
- 1945-06-04
- Lieu de sépulture
- Friedhof von Morcote, Tessin, Schweiz
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Germany
- Lieu de naissance
- Magdeburg, Germany
- Lieu du décès
- Ascona, Switzerland
- Cause du décès
- embolism
- Lieux de résidence
- Magdeburg, Germany (birth)
Ascona, Switzerland (death) - Professions
- dramatist
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Critiques
The Coral: A Play In Five Acts par Georg Kaiser
The blurb on the back says that the play could be taken as contemporary even 40 years later. Well, another 60 years have passed, and the play, now more than 100 years old, could still be taken as a statement on contemporary society. A wealthy industrialist fleeing from his dismal past cannot get wealthy enough to erase the memory of the pain of poverty. Son and Daughter rebel against the world of the father, and he feels alone and unloved, so he takes a novel approach to getting rid of the memories that haunt him, and replacing them with new ones. The coral of the title is the only way of ascertaining the true identity of the Billionaire, so what would happen if the coral changed hands? Compelling and challenging in the bleak vision, this book is the first part of a trilogy. I look forward to reading the other two.… (plus d'informations)
OK as an exercise in Symbolism, but I wouldn't have the least interest in seeing a staging of it. A bit too heavy-handed for my taste.
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- Membres
- 249
- Popularité
- #91,698
- Évaluation
- 3.9
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- ISBN
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