Five Tales for the Theatre

by Carlo Gozzi

Book Overview

For Count Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806), theater was a fabulous world apart, in which human beings, statues, and animals change places by magical transformations. Gozzi's stage becomes a multiscenic home for adventures, loves, enmities, and dazzling visual effects. This collection brings together for the first time modern English translations of five of Gozzi's most famous plays: The Raven, The King Stag, Turandot, The Serpent Woman, and The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226305805
• ISBN13: 9780226305806
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"