Four full-length plays by one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced.Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature; none showed himself more versatile than Frances Jean Cocteau. Poet; novelist; critic; artist; actor; film-maker; Cocteau was also one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced; with over a dozen plays which are frequently revived; not only in France; but in translation in many other countries. For this collection; fine translations of four full-length plays; one short play; and the ldquo;Speakers Text" for the Cocteau-Stravinsky opera Oedipus Rex have been selected. The longer plays (The Infernal Machine; Orpheus; Bacchus; Knights of the Round Table) are re-creations of classic myth and legendmdash;poetic and highly original interpretations of certain timeless themes which have inspired great drama through the ages. The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party is; by contrast; merely a "curtain-raiser;" but remarkable as un jeu desprit; revealing the wit and psychological penetration for which Cocteau is famous.
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