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W H Auden

W H AUDEN  (1907 - 1973)

 Nationality:    English
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  

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below is a list of W H Auden's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ascent Of F6         Caucasian Chalk Circle, The         Dance Of Death, The         Dog Beneath the Skin, The         Knights Of the Round Table         No More Peace         On the Frontier         Paid On Both Sides         Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany         Seven Deadly Sins Of the Petty Bourgeoisie

Ascent Of F6

Ascent Of F6
the F6 Mountain is on the borders of a British colony and the country of Ostria. When the Ostrians announce plans to climb this hitherto unclimbed mountain the British government persuades mountaineer Michael Ransom to led a rival expedition and be the first to climb it

Notes:
Written with Christopher Isherwood

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Steam Industry

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Caucasian Chalk Circle, The

Caucasian Chalk Circle, The
an Old Chinese Legend, a cruel town governor murdered, wife escapes leaving baby. Returns to try and 'drag the baby out of the Chal Circle'

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. Adapted by James And Tania Stern

1st Produced:
Warehouse, Covent Garden, London    30 Jan 1980

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama    978-0413544506

Music:
-

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  28            Female:  11            Other:  3b 1g

Further Reference:
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Dance Of Death, The

Dance Of Death, The
a dancer tries to keep himself alive by escapism at a seaside resort, then through being ultra nationalistic and finally at a party in a brothel on New Year's eve

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dog Beneath the Skin, The

Dog Beneath the Skin, The
Alan Norman searches for missing heir Sir Francis Crewe through europe and england. He is accompanied by a large dog who turns out to be Sir Francis in disguise

Notes:
Written by W H Auden and Christopher Isherwood

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Knights Of the Round Table

Knights Of the Round Table
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Cocteau

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in "the Infernal Machine and Other Plays" published by New Directions 1967   978-0811200226

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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No More Peace

No More Peace
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Notes:
Original Playwright - ernst Toller

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "German Drama Between the Wars" published by Dutton, New York, 1972   978-0525473220

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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On the Frontier

Synopsis:
Two households on the outbreak of war between their two countries

Notes:
Written with Christopher Isherwood

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Paid On Both Sides

Synopsis:
english public schools, Icelandic Sages and psychoanalysis

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Faber and Faber, London,    -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. Translated by Chester Kallman and W H Auden

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
D R Godine 1976   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Seven Deadly Sins Of the Petty Bourgeoisie

Synopsis:
Two sisters leave their starving family in Mississippi in search of fame and fortune. they start out in a seedy cabaret and end up in Hollywood

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. Music by Kurt Weil. Translated by W H Auden & Chester Kallman

1st Produced:
Arcola, London    06 May 2003

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  Large Cast

Further Reference:
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