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| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| ISBN 13 | 9781849434584 |
| Author | Carl Zuckmayer, Ron Hutchinson |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Released after fifteen years in prison, trapped in a bureaucratic maze, petty criminal Wilhelm Voigt wanders 1910 Berlin in desperate, hazardous pursuit of identity papers. Luck changes when he picks up an abandoned military uniform in a fancydress shop and finds the city ready to obey his every command. At the head of six soldiers, he marches to the Mayor's offi ce, cites corruption and confi scates the treasury with ease. But still what he craves is offi cial recognition that he exists. A nation heads blindly towards war as the misfit takes on the state in Ron Hutchinson's savagely funny new version of Carl Zuckmayer's The Captain of Kopenick, first staged in Germany in 1931. |
| Editorial Review | 'Hilarious... Spectacular... [a] lively adaptation.' The Times 'Moments of laugh-out-loud absurdity.' Time Out 'The play feels vitally both of its own time and of ours.' Financial Times |
| About the Author | Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) was a German playwright whose work exposes many of the problems engendered by the two world wars. His plays include The Happy Vineyard, The Villain of Bergen, The Devil's General, Barbara Blomberg, The Song in the Fiery Furnace and The Cold Light. In 1952 his collected works received the Goethe Prize. Ron Hutchinson has written extensively for the stage, film and television. His theatre work includes Rat In The Skull, Durand's Line and Beau Brummel. Oberon Books also publishes his plays Flight, Head/Case, Topless Mum and Moonlight And Magnolias |
| Publication Date | 27 Aug 2013 |
| Number of Pages | 96 |
The Captain Of Kapenick Paperback English by Carl Zuckmayer - 27 Aug 2013
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