Plays and Other Dramatic Writings by W.h. Auden, 1928-1938

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1988. First edition. Small quarto in red illus jacket; xxxiii, 680 pages; 24 cm Very fine in very fine jacket. A lovely copy. in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover.

xxxiii, 680 pages; 24 cm. In: Complete works. (UkYoU)001630945YOR01 Language: English Series: The Complete works of W.H. Auden; Variation: Auden, W. H.; (Wystan Hugh),; 1907-1973.; Works.; 1988. Contents: Paid on both sides -- The enemies of a bishop -- The dance of death -- The chase -- The dog beneath the skin -- The ascent of F 6 -- On the frontier -- Coal face -- Night mail -- Negroes -- Beside the seaside -- The way to the sea -- The Londoners -- Alfred -- Hadrian's Wall. Standard No: ISBN: 0691067406 ((alk. paper)); 9780691067407 ((alk. paper)); National Library: (AMICUS)000008231654; BA0513321X; 009120617; 011977223 LCCN: 87-36616 Abstract: This volume contains Auden and Christopher Isherwood's dramatic extravaganzas The Dog Beneath the Skin, The Ascent of F 6, and On the Frontier. It also includes the two versions of Paid on Both Sides--which are so different as to constitute two works--and Auden's satiric revue The Dance of Death. Two plays appear in print for the first time, Auden and Isherwood's The Enemies of a Bishop and Auden's The Chase. Also included are Auden's prose and verse written for documentary films, a cabaret sketch, and an unpublished radio script. Many of the texts include poems by the young Auden that have never been published before. The extensive historical and textual notes trace the complex history of the production and revision of these plays, including full texts of rewritten scenes. During the years when these works were created, Auden moved from a "poetry of isolation" to more expansive and public writing. After he left Oxford at age twenty-one, during the summer of 1928, he wrote the tragicomic charade Paid on Both Sides. During the next ten years, until he left England for America, he created the increasingly ambitious works for stage, film, and broadcast that appear in this volume. The most important of these plays were written in collaboration with Isherwood. As the world political situation worsened, Isherwood and Auden's style combined the energy of popular entertainment with the urgency of sacramental ritual." —Publisher Access: Materials specified: Publisher descriptionhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/87036616.html SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: American drama -- 20th century. 18.06 Anglo-American literature. 18.05 English literature. American drama. Literature. American. Genre/Form: American drama -- 20th century. Drama. Collected works (form) Drama (texts) Drama. Time: 1900-1999 1920-1930. 1930-1940. Geographic: United States. Note(s): Includes index./ Includes bibliographical references and index.