Complete Plays Hardcover - 1994
by Ronald Firbank; Designed by Steven Moore
From the rear cover
Complementing Dalkey Archive's edition of Firbank's Complete Short Stories (published in 1990), Complete Plays makes available for the first time in one volume this inimitable British writer's three excursions into drama: The Mauve Tower (1904), a "dream play" reminiscent in language and setting of Oscar Wilde's Salome and the writings of the French symbolists; A Disciple from the Country (1907), a one-act comedy about a debutante who flirts with religion and sainthood in order to catch a husband; and The Princess Zoubaroff (1920), a three-act comedy about marriage, religion, and homosexual separatism. The latter, which has been produced in England occasionally since the 1950s, is considered to be among Firbank's major works, and yet it, like the other two plays, has not been generally available in this country until now. The plays are filled with the wit and satire for which Firbank's novels are relished; indeed, Firbank's novels relied so heavily on dialogue that the distinction between them and his plays is minimal. Consequently, those who enjoy his novels and stories - as well as those who enjoy the comic British theater tradition of Pinero, Wilde, and Coward - should welcome this collection. Steven Moore, who edited the Complete Short Stories, has written an introduction placing the plays in the context of Firbank's life.
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- Title Complete Plays
- Author Ronald Firbank; Designed by Steven Moore
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 130
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dalkey Archive Press, Normal, IL
- Date 1994
- ISBN 9781564780478 / 1564780473
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.83 x 5.78 x 0.79 in (22.43 x 14.68 x 2.01 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93036133
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.912
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Citations
- Booklist, 06/01/1994, Page 1735
- Library Journal, 05/15/1994, Page 74
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