Rhapsody in Stephen's Green: The Insect PlayLilliput Press, 1994 - 88 Seiten Using a play by Karl and Josef Capek as source, Flann O'Brien locates his insect drama in Dublin, his most familiar stalking- territory. His adaptation is a vehicle for ridicule and invective, targeting race, religion, greed, identity and purpose. With his extraordinary ear for dialogue, O'Brien creates his own fantastical world, and the outcome is a hilarious satire of Irish stereotypes - as Orangemen, Dubliners, Corkagians and culchies become warring ants, bees, crickets, dung-beetles, and other small-minded invertebrae. The lost text of this play, Hilton Edwards' prompt copy from the 1943 Gate Theatre performance, was discovered in the archives at Northwestern University, Illinois. |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 18 |
THE BEES | 27 |
CREEPERS CRAWLERS AND SWIMMERS | 39 |
Urheberrecht | |
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