| Selected Plays of Alphonse Allais Contributor(s): Skinner, Doug (Translator), Allais, Alphonse (Author) |
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ISBN: 0692275088 ISBN-13: 9780692275085 Publisher: Black Scat Books OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.42 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of his rare theatrical texts includes original translations-never before published in English-of ten monologues, three one-act plays, and twelve shorter dialogues, skits and burlesques drawn from Allais's columns in such publications as LE CHAT NOIR and L'HYDROPATHE. In addition to Doug Skinner's fascinating notes on the texts, you'll find an appendix of scarce photographs from the Paris production of "Le Pauvre Bougre et Le Bon G nie." This delightful compilation is proto-Dada at its most delicious |