Wittenberg
Join the jury as two of history’s most stubborn intellectuals go head-to-head in a highly entertaining battle of reason versus faith. Set in late 1517, this smart, sprightly and audacious comedy centres on a fictitious meeting between university colleagues Dr. Faustus (a man of appetites), Martin Luther (a man of faith), and their student Hamlet (a young Prince struggling not only with his beliefs but also with his tennis game).This sparkling celebration of history, language, academia and religion by award-winning American playwright David Davalos will appeal to anyone looking for the answers to life’s big questions.
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Wittenberg
Join the jury as two of history’s most stubborn intellectuals go head-to-head in a highly entertaining battle of reason versus faith. Set in late 1517, this smart, sprightly and audacious comedy centres on a fictitious meeting between university colleagues Dr. Faustus (a man of appetites), Martin Luther (a man of faith), and their student Hamlet (a young Prince struggling not only with his beliefs but also with his tennis game).This sparkling celebration of history, language, academia and religion by award-winning American playwright David Davalos will appeal to anyone looking for the answers to life’s big questions.
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Wittenberg

Wittenberg

by David Davalos
Wittenberg

Wittenberg

by David Davalos

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Overview

Join the jury as two of history’s most stubborn intellectuals go head-to-head in a highly entertaining battle of reason versus faith. Set in late 1517, this smart, sprightly and audacious comedy centres on a fictitious meeting between university colleagues Dr. Faustus (a man of appetites), Martin Luther (a man of faith), and their student Hamlet (a young Prince struggling not only with his beliefs but also with his tennis game).This sparkling celebration of history, language, academia and religion by award-winning American playwright David Davalos will appeal to anyone looking for the answers to life’s big questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849432122
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/12/2012
Series: Oberon Modern Plays
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

David Davalos is a graduate of the theatre programs of both the University of Texas and Ohio University. His plays include Daedalus: A Fantasia of Leonardo da Vinci; The Tragedie of Johnnius Caerson (a comedy in blank verse chronicling the Late Night TV Wars); and Darkfall (a modern follow-up to Paradise Lost). Wittenberg has been the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, the 2008 Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play, and the National Theatre Conference's 2008 Stavis Playwriting Award.

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