Two German Plays (Oberon Modern Playwrights) - Softcover

Gericke, Katarina; Rinke, Moritz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840022299 ISBN 13: 9781840022292

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2002

Synopsis

Includes the plays The Man Who Never Yet Saw Woman's Nakedness and Warweser

Warweser tells the story of a homosexual love affair between a Jew and a Nazi in late 1930s Berlin. It was premiered in Heidelberg in 1996 and won the Frankfurter Autorenstiftung prize.

In The Man Who…, a strange man comes to audition fora production of Romeo and Juliet, and the boundaries between life and theatre begin to blur. A volume published in association with the Goethe-Institut London and the Royal Court Theatre.

About this title

About the Authors

Moritz Rinke was born in 1967 in Wopswerde, Germany. After studying Drama, Theatre and Media at Giessen University he worked as a journalist, writing in particular for the Berlin newspaper, the Tagesspiegel. He first emerged as a playwright with 'The Grey Angel' in 1996.
'The Man Who Never Yet Saw Woman's Nakedness', translated by Meredith Oakes, was published by Oberon in association with the Goethe-Institut London.

David Tushingham’s translations of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s plays have been performed in Great Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. His other translations include: Mr. Kolpert, Waiting Room Germany, Stranger’s House, Jeff Koons, State of Emergency and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. He has worked as a dramaturg and curator for numerous high-profile European institutions and is currently Artistic Advisor to the Salzburg Festival.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840022299
• ISBN 13: 9781840022292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160