DANCE FOR GODS

by Mazumdar, Maxim. Preface by John Gilpin

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Book desription: Personal Library, Toronto, 1979.. 60 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "(T)he fourth monodrama written by Maxim Mazumdar, tells the story of a Greek actor/dancer, Herakleon, living at the time of the great tragic playwright, Euripides. The play concerns it. self with the relationship between the creator and the interpreter of a work of art. In a series of scenes Herakleon's life unfolds: his early failures as an actor, his development as a dancer, and his deep love for his wife and son, Euri. 'The . c h aracter of Herakleon is pure invention,' Mazumdar writes in his introduction. 'For the first time I stepped aside from the rules and demands of the biographical monodrama which I ahd done for the life and times of Oscar Wilde, Rimbaud, and Diag. hi le v. I wanted to write about an ordinary touring actor-dancer living in Greece at the time of Euripides. And I did not want to be tied to classical exactitude. I wanted to be free to interpret the historical facts. So, Herakleon. A man who . lov es the simple securities of life: his family, his work. And in the background, Euripides, the giant social conscience of his age....A pair of opposites. But the play's conclusion is optimistic. The creator and the interpreter share the same e. nd; the y share the dance for gods'." Small bump to top corner of textblock, faint water marks at top/bottom edges of covers, soft crease at top corner of rear cover, minor soiling and browning. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light to moderate s. oili ng, a few small soft creases. Very Good-/Good+.

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