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Martin Esslin

MARTIN ESSLIN

  (1918 - 2002)
Nationality:    Austrian
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Martin Esslin's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Martin Esslin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Baal         Change         Judgement Day         Napoleon In New Orleans         Party For Six         Shakespeare the Sadist
Baal

Baal
Baal, a poet and singer, drunk, lazy, selfish and ruthless, seduces (among others) a disciple's seventeen year-old mistress, who drowns herself. He mixes with tramps and drivers and sings in a cheap night-club. With his friend the composer ekart he wanders through the country, drinking and fighting. Sophie, pregnant by him, follows them and likewise drowns herself. Baal seduces ekart's mistress, then kills him. Hunted by the police and deserted by the woodcutters, he dies alone in a forest hut.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Bertolt Brecht Three Plays" published by Grove Press   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Change

Change
Two men turn a naive country painter into an Avant Garde sensation. They now plan to kill him because a famous dead artist's work gets so much more money than a live one. The artist is not so naive as they thought

Notes:
Original Playwright - Wolfgang Bauer. Translated by Martin And Renate Esslin

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "all Change and Other Plays" published by Calder and Boyars, 1973   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Judgement Day

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Odon von Horvath

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Four Plays by Von Horvath" published by PaJ, New York, 1986   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Napoleon In New Orleans

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Georg Kaiser

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Party For Six

Party For Six
An off stage party that can only be glimpsed by the audience through an open door

Notes:
Original Playwright - Wolfgang Bauer. Translated by Martin And Renate Esslin

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "All Change and Other Plays" published by Hill & Wang 1973   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shakespeare the Sadist

Shakespeare the Sadist
Peter invites Bill over. They talk. Walk about the rooms. Talk some more

Notes:
Original Playwright - Wolfgang Bauer. Translated by Martin And Renate Esslin

1st Produced:
Almost Free Theatre, London    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen, 1977   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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