Descriere: Don Juan Comes Back from the War, Figaro Gets Divorced Two modern classics by Austrian dramatist, Ödön von Horváth. Hampton's Don Juan Comes Back from the War was first performed at the Royal National Theatre. Figaro Gets Divorced, in which an aristocratic couple and their two servants are on the run from a revolution, premiered at London's Gate Theatre.
Autori: Horvath Odon von | Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | Anul aparitiei: 1991 | ISBN: 9780948230394 | Numar de pagini: 164 | Categorie: Plays
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