La Ronde
Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)
Published on 10. November 2015
128 pages
978-1-78001-644-3 (ISBN)
Description
The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are accurate and above all actable. The editions of English-language plays include a glossary of unusual words and phrases to aid understanding. La Ronde is the famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. The play is a series of ten scenes depicting couples in different sexual liaisons. Each of the ten characters appears in two adjacent scenes, forming an endless chain of sexual links across all the layers of Viennese society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,18 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78001-644-3 (9781780016443)
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Persons
Arthur Schnitzler's Reigen (its original title, conventionally translated as La Ronde) was written in Vienna in 1896/7 but, because of its scandalous subject-matter, was not performed in full until 1920. It has been adapted often (notably by David Hare as The Blue Room), and filmed several times (including by Max Ophuls, 1950; Roger Vadim, 1964; and Otto Schenk, 1973).
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931)
- Vienna 1900
- La Ronde: What Happens in the Play
- La Ronde: Sex and Society
- La Ronde: the Struggle for Acceptance
- A Note on the Text
- For Further Reading
- Arthur Schnitzler: Key Dates
- La Ronde
- Characters
- 1. The Prostitute and the Soldier
- 2. The Soldier and the Maid
- 3. The Maid and the Young Master
- 4. The Young Master and the Young Wife
- 5. The Young Wife and the Husband
- 6. The Husband and the Sweet Young Thing
- 7. The Sweet Young Thing and the Poet
- 8. The Poet and the Actress
- 9. The Actress and the Count
- 10. The Count and the Prostitute
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
