Plays and Essays (Durrenmatt Plysandesys Clh) [Hardcover]

Friedrich Durrenmatt (Author), Volkmar Sander (Editor), Martin Esslin (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826402577 | ISBN-13: 978-0826402578 | Publication Date: June 1982

Six richly inventive pieces by the Swiss master of existentialist theater. Includes "Romulus the Great, 21 Points to the Physician," and "A Monster Lecture on Justice and Law."

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Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Volkmar Sander is general editor of the German Library in 100 Volumes. Formerly Erich Maria Remarque Professor of German and director/founder of the Deutsches Haus at New York University, Sander now lives with his wife, Margret Sander, in Germany.

Martin Julius Esslin (1918-2002) was a Hungarian-born English playwright and critic best known for coining the term "The Theatre of the Absurd" in his work of that name (1962).

> --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group (June 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826402577
• ISBN-13: 978-0826402578
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,877,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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