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Turandot, or, The whitewashers' congress / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by Tom Kuhn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Turandot, oder, Der Kongress des Weisswäscher. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, [2013]
- Summary:
- For his adaptation of the story of the emperor's daughter Turandot and the suitors who would marry her, Brecht has the action take place during a strike by clothes-makers - and the clothesless - who rise up in protest at the Emperor's dishonest manipulation of the cotton-market in which he has a monopoly: he is withholding stock until the prices rise. In order to control public relations, the Emperor hires three thinkers to invent reasons as to why the cotton market should be so dry; the winning thinker will win the hand of his daughter. 'Turandot' premiered at Zurich Schauspielhaus, in February 1969.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: in Collected plays eight. London: Methuen Drama, 2004.
- Translated from the German.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2013).
- OCLC:
- 879715110
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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