Theater of Fernand Crommelynck: Eight Plays

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1998 Hard Cover VG in Very Good jacket Rare English translation of eight of Crommelynck's plays. Dustjacket has the lightest of wear to extremities, but overall this is a ... clean, tight hardback copy, in excellent condition throughout. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. *****PLEASE NOTE: This item is shipping from an authorized seller in Europe. In the event that a return is necessary, you will be able to return your item within the US. To learn more about our European sellers and policies see the BookQuest FAQ section***** Read more Show Less

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Farce with tragic overtones and drama depicting human folly typify the oeuvre of Fernand Crommelynck. Although Crommelynck calls some of his plays farces, others dramas, and still others simply plays, the distinctions are arbitrary. Indeed, in the case of his most popular and important play, The Magnanimous Cuckold (1920), the author specifically declared that the work may be done as either a farce or a tragedy. He typically starts out from a realistic situation, then introduces a twist in the psyche of the main character that launches the rest of the action - for example, in The Magnanimous Cuckold a suspected glimmer of lust in Petrus's eye suffices to incite Bruno and to subjugate the other figures in the play to his

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	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	11
	The Merchant of Regrets	17
	The Sculptor of Masks	33
	The Childish Lovers	70
	The Magnanimous Cuckold	120
	Golden Guts	169
	Carine, or the Young Woman Who Was Crazy about Her Soul	227
	Hot and Cold, or Mr. Dom's Idea	277
	A Small-Hearted Woman	342

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