Jungle of Cities and Other Plays: Includes: Drums in the Night; Roundheads and Peakheads
The three plays gathered in this volume are among Bertolt Brecht's most remarkable; the best-known is Jungle of Cities, here translated by the poet Anselm Hollo. Set in Chicago in a climate of rampant capitalism, it is the story of a savage battle waged between two men, whose relationship is at...
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The three plays gathered in this volume are among Bertolt Brecht's most remarkable; the best-known is Jungle of Cities, here translated by the poet Anselm Hollo. Set in Chicago in a climate of rampant capitalism, it is the story of a savage battle waged between two men, whose relationship is at once homosexual and sadomasochistic and whose tightly choreographed hostility is a metaphor for their cultural surround.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780802151490 (0802151493)
Publish date: January 27th 1994
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 283
Edition language: English