{"product_id":"i-want-a-baby-and-other-plays-paperback","title":"I Want a Baby and Other Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSergei Tretyakov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Leach\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eStephen Holland\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sergei Tretyakov's ground-breaking play, \u003cem\u003eI Want a Baby\u003c\/em\u003e, was banned by Stalin's censor in 1927, it was a signal that the radical and innovative theatre of the early Soviet years was to be brought to an end. A glittering, unblinking exploration of the realities of post-revolutionary Soviet life, \u003cem\u003eI Want a Baby \u003c\/em\u003emarks a high point in modernist experimental drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTretyakov's plays are notable for their formal originality and their revolutionary content. \u003cem\u003eThe World Upside Down\u003c\/em\u003e, which was staged by Vsevolod Meyerhold in 1923, concerns a failed agrarian revolution. \u003cem\u003eA Wise Man\u003c\/em\u003e, originally directed by the great film director and Tretyakov's friend, Sergei Eisenstein, is a clown show set in the Paris of the  migr  White Russians. \u003cem\u003eAre You Listening, Moscow? \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGas Masks\u003c\/em\u003e are 'agit-melodramas', fierce, fast-moving and edgy. And \u003cem\u003eRoar, China \u003c\/em\u003edramatises an actual incident in the West's oppression of China, when a British gunboat captain threatened to blow the city of Wanxien to bits. \u003cem\u003eRoar, China  \u003c\/em\u003ewas translated into many languages and produced in cities across the world. The nerve this play touched may be gauged from the fact that it was staged in Yiddish translation in the Czestochowa concentration camp by Jewish prisoners during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese plays are not only stirring in their themes, they are also hugely significant in their construction. Tretyakov's early plays led directly to Eisenstein's highly influential theory of 'the montage of attractions', while later his ideas were crucial in the formation of Bertolt Brecht's theory of epic theatre. The reason why is evident in his plays, now collected and published for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Robert Leach and Stephen Holland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction and translations of \u003cem\u003eThe World Upside Down\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eA Wise Man\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAre you Listening, Moscow? \u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGas Masks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI Want a Baby \u003c\/em\u003e(second version): Robert Leach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslations of\u003cem\u003e Roar, China  \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eI Want a Baby\u003c\/em\u003e (first version): Stephen Holland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublishers Maxim Hodak \u0026amp; Max Mendor\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 446\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710778208563,"sku":"9781912894307","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dnVyM2JONUxlaHBPVEljbVMxRjI2dz09.webp?v=1763499677","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/i-want-a-baby-and-other-plays-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}