This is your rhetoric translated. These wretches, these executioners, the guillotine are your speeches come to life. You have built your doctrines out of human heads...Why should an event that transforms the whole of humanity not advance through blood? 1794: the French Revolution reaches its climax. After a series of bloody purges the life-loving, volatile Danton is tormented by his part in the killing. His political rival, the driven, ascetic Robespierre, decides Danton's fate. A titanic struggle begins. Once friends who ...
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This is your rhetoric translated. These wretches, these executioners, the guillotine are your speeches come to life. You have built your doctrines out of human heads...Why should an event that transforms the whole of humanity not advance through blood? 1794: the French Revolution reaches its climax. After a series of bloody purges the life-loving, volatile Danton is tormented by his part in the killing. His political rival, the driven, ascetic Robespierre, decides Danton's fate. A titanic struggle begins. Once friends who wanted to change the world, now one stands for compromise the other for ideological purity as the guillotine awaits. A revolutionary himself, George Buchner was 21 when he wrote the play in 1835, while hiding from the police. With its hair-raising on-rush of scenes and vivid dramatisation of complex, visionary characters, Danton's Death has a claim to be the greatest political tragedy ever written. In his newly-revised translation, Howard Brenton captures Buchner's exhilarating energy as Danton struggles to avoid his inexorable fall.
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Add this copy of Danton's Death to cart. $2.49, fair condition, Sold by Books from College Station, TX rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from College Station, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Muthuen.
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GOOD. 57 clean, unmarked, tightly-bound pages; slight crease at top corner; cover has shelf wear, tanning, small creases, and a small section rubbed off from upper front; name lightly written on half title page.
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Good. Reasonable and presentable paperback containing the play. Some shelf wear to the covers. A few markings by the former owner. Enjoy this useful vintage edition.
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Good. THE SCRIPT published by CHANDLER PUBLISHING COMPANY. Some shelf wear and fold mark to the covers. The binding is good and the dialogue flows clearly. A reliable edition for your performance needs.
