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The eternal road; a drama in four parts / by Franz Werfel; English version by Ludwig Lewisohn.
LIBRA PT2647.E77 W36 1936
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945.
- Standardized Title:
- Weg der Verheissung. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible plays.
- Genre:
- Bible plays.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mahler, Anna (donor) (RBC copy 1)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 144 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Viking Press, 1936.
- Language Note:
- Translation into English of: Der Weg der Verheissung.
- Contents:
- The prologue
- Part 1. The patriarchs
- Part 2. Moses
- Part 3. The kings
- Part 4. The prophets.
- Notes:
- "Biblical mystery plays" dramatizing "the heritage of the Jewish race." cf. Publisher's announcement.
- "Text of the Max Reinhardt production"--Front cover/dust-jacket.
- "The English version of The Eternal Road is the first to be performed. With Max Reinhardt as director, Kurt Weill as composer of the music, Norman Bel Geddes as stage designer, and under the management of Meyer W. Weisgal, Franz Werfel's drama was first given at the Manhattan Opera House, New York, in January 1936 [sic]"--P. vi.
- Includes "The plan of the stage," p. xi.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries RBC copy 1 is in a paper cover, with a height of only 21 cm.; cover detached from book.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945. Eternal road.
- OCLC:
- 781790
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