The Weavers (Modern Plays)
1844年の織工蜂起を背景に、貧困と怒りが労働者の群像として噴き上がる社会劇。個人の悲劇というより、抑圧された共同体が一斉に声を上げる瞬間を描く。
作品情報
織工たちの怒りが、社会全体の歪みを露わにする。
ハウプトマンを代表する自然主義的な戯曲で、労働と貧困の現実を正面から見据える。歴史的事件を題材にしながら、群集の圧力と個々の弱さがどう絡み合うかを鋭く描く。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Methuen Pub Ltd
- 発売日
- 1980-01-01
- ページ数
- 108ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 12.7 x 0.64 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780413476302
- ISBN-10
- 0413476308
- 価格
- 3404 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Contemporary
Written in 1892, The Weavers was a response to an extraordinary, disorganised and doomed rebellion by factory workers in Silesia in the 1840s. Fifty years later, conditions had not significantly changed and Hauptmann's dramatisation, which places the workers centre stage, was a radical departure from German romantic drama. It is now considered a classic of socialist theatre and the first play with a collective hero. This edition also provides an introduction to the play and to Hauptmann's life and work. 'Hauptmann has written two or three masterpieces - a little immortal thing like The Weavers for instance' James Joyce 'His work stands with that of Ibsen and Strindberg as the source and inspiration of all modern drama' Eugene O'Neill.
Hauptmann (1892-1946) was influenced by the realist works of Ibsen, and began experimenting with naturalistic forms of drama. His best known plays include 'Vor Sonnenaufgang' and 'Die Weber'.
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