Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf

by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Book Overview

The Polish playwright and artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy, is now recognized as Poland's leading theatrical innovator of the interwar years and one of the outstanding creative personalities of the European avant-garde. This volume contains two of Witkacy's "tropical" plays inspired by the playwright's trip to Ceylon and Australia in 1914 with his close friend, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski.
Mr. Price, or Tropical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138870498
• ISBN13: 9781138870499
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"