The mannequins' ball
Subtitle: a play in three acts
By: by Bruno Jasieński; translated and with an introduction by Daniel Gerould
Contributors: Gerould, Daniel Charles, 1928-
Series: Polish theatre archive -- v. 6
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Work titles: Bal manekenov.
Description: "The Mannequins' Ball by the Polish Futurist poet Bruno Jasienski is an outstanding example of the joining of left-wing politics and avant-garde interest in human mechanization that characterized the experimental theatre of the inter-war years. Stalinism and the purges cut short Jasienski's career and prevented productions of his play for many years - except for a brilliant constructivist staging in Prague in 1933. The Mannequins' Ball can now take its place along with Capek's R.U.R. as one of the major twentieth-century dramas making use of the themes and techniques of human automata."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translation based on the Russian text, Bal manekenov, pub.: Moscow, 1931