The madman and the nun & the crazy locomotive : three plays, including The water hen / by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ; edited, translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould and C.S. Durer ; foreword by Jan Kott.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939.

Contributor:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

• Plays. Selections. English

Language:

• English
• Polish

Subjects (All):

• Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939--Translations into English.
• Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939.

Genre:

• Translations.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

liii, 109 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

• Madman and the nun and The crazy locomotive
• Crazy locomotive
• Water hen

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 1989.

Summary:

Startling discontinuities and surprises erupt throughout these avant-garde landscapes by Poland's outstanding modern dramatist. A decadent poet rebels against society's repressive tyranny through suicide and last minute resurrection in "Madman And The Nun". A band of degenerate criminals and artists in "The Crazy Locomotive" commandeer an engine and seek to bring about God's judgment by racing at apocalyptic speeds into an oncoming passengers train.

Contents:

• The madman and the nun
• The water hen
• The crazy locomotive.

Notes:

• Selected plays, translated from the Polish.
• Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939. Plays. English. Selections. Madman and the nun & The crazy locomotive.

ISBN:

• 093683983X
• 9780936839837

OCLC:

21920998