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Title: SELECTED PLAYS: 1984-1987
LARGO DESOLATO; TEMPTATION; REDEVELOPMENT
By: Vaclav Havel
Format: Paperback

List price: £15.00


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ISBN 10: 0571172113
ISBN 13: 9780571172115
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Pub. date: 1 August, 1994
Edition: Main
Pages: 224
Translated from: Czech
Description: The plays in this volume include "Largo Desolato", "Temptation" and "Redevelopment" in versions by Tom Stoppard, George Theiner and James Saunders, respectively. Their themes are freedom of thought, Faustian opportunism and town-planning.
Synopsis: The plays in this volume, which complements Selected Plays 1963-1983 are Largo Desolato, Temptation and Redevelopment in versions by Tom Stoppard, George Theiner and James Saunders respectively. Their themes are freedom of thought, Faustian opportunism and town planning as metaphors for life in Eastern Europe before the collapse of Communism, all handled with their author's characteristic wit and irony, and written before he was translated from a prison to the highest office of state.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Returns: Returnable
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