The Last Days of Mankind: A Tragedy in Five Acts

by Karl Kraus

Book Overview

NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR STAGE PRODUCTION FEATURING THE TIGER LILLIES WORLD PREMIERE IN EDINBURGH'S LEITH THEATRE ON 11-11-2018.

Intended 'for a theatre on Mars', with a cast of nearly 500 and running to over 200 scenes, Karl Kraus's apocalyptic tragedy 'The Last Days of Mankind' is the longest play ever written. It is also a bitingly satirical commentary on the outbreak and subsequent horrors of World War I. Kraus (1874-1936) ranks as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9492027038
• ISBN13: 9789492027030
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: November Editions
• Length: 658 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"