Von Horvath: Plays Two: Italian Night; Tales from the Vienna Woods

Includes the plays Italian Night and Tales from the Vienna Woods

Written in 1930s Europe, these plays describe the decay of a society haunted by inflation and succumbing to a rising tide of fascism. In Hampton's translation of Tales from the Vienna Woods (staged at the RNT in 1977) von Horváth portrays, with compassion and impartiality, the interplay between individual selfishness and the pressures of a society in crisis. Italian Night, in this new translation by Meredith Oakes, has a group of friends deciding to hold a republican 'Italian Night', only to discover the fascists have chosen the same day for a German Day parade.

Author: Ödön Von Horváth
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 04/01/2001
Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.15w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9781840021523