Stanisaw Ignacy Witkiewicz Collected Plays, Volume 1

The four volumes contain all 23 of Witkiewicz’s plays in English translation, including The Madman and the Nun, The Crazy Locomotive, The Water Hen, The Shoemaker, They, The Pragmatists, Tumor Brainiowicz, Gyubal Wahazar, The Anonymous Work, The Cuttlefish, The Beelzebub Sonata, as well as essays and introductions by translator Daniel Gerould.

Volume 1 contents:

• Preface
• Chronology
• Introduction
• W’s Theory of Theatre
• W’s Dramatic Universe
• Comedies of Family Life
• The Poor Boy
• Menagerie or The Elephant Escapades
• Courageous Princess [King and Thief]
• Princess Magdalena or The Importunate Prince
• Cockroaches
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