With the Austro-Hungarian dramatist Ödön von Horváth as our guide, Christopher Hampton's witty and erudite play takes us on a tour of the sun-soaked boulevards of 1940s Los Angeles. Taking in such improbable residents as Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht and the Marx Brothers amongst others, it brilliantly serves to open up a neglected chapter of American cultural history, as the wry and embittered European émigrés find themselves amidst the materialistic razzle-dazzle of Hollywood.Tales from Hollywood premiered at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, 1982 and at the National Theatre, London, in 1983.
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Taking you on a tour of the sun-soaked boulevards of 1940s Los Angeles, this book serves to open up a neglected chapter of American cultural history, as the European emigres find themselves amidst the materialistic razzle-dazzle of Hollywood.
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Tales from Hollywood is Christopher Hampton's witty and erudite play, in which Ödön von Horváth guides us around the Hollywood residencies of the likes of Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht and the Marx Brothers.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780571118830
Publisert
2001-04-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
80 gr
Høyde
188 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
6 mm
Aldersnivå
G, P, 01, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96
Forfatter