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Heiner Muller's The Hamletmachine (Hardcover)
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Heiner Muller's The Hamletmachine (Hardcover)
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""I'm good Hamlet gi'me a cause for grief"" At first glance,
readers of The Hamletmachine (1979) could be forgiven for wondering
whether it is actually a play at all: it opens with a montage of
texts that are not ascribed to a character, there is no vestige of
a plot, and the whole piece lasts a total of ten pages. Yet, Heiner
Muller's play regularly features in theatres' repertoires and is
frequently staged by university theatre departments. In four short
chapters, David Barnett unpicks the complexities of The
Hamletmachine's writing and frames its author as an experimental,
politically committed writer who confronts the shortcomings of his
age. In considering the problems Muller poses for the play's
performance, he also discusses two exemplary productions in order
to show how the work can engage very different audiences. This book
examines why such a compact, radically open, and yet seemingly
obscure play has proved so popular.
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