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Published alongside Steven Daldry's monumental National Theatre production starring Fiona Shaw. Machinal was the winner of four Olivier Awards. Sophie Treadwell's play is an immensely powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder who was executed in 1928 for the murder of her husband.
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Stupendous...A savage indictment of a hard, soulless world of mechanisation and money worship. --Independent
This is a play written in anger. In the dead wasteland of male society - it seems to ask - isn't it necessary for certain women, at least, to resort to murder? --Nicholas Wright
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This is a play written in anger. In the dead wasteland of male society - it seems to ask - isn't it necessary for certain women, at least, to resort to murder? --Nicholas Wright
Sophie Treadwell was a campaigning journalist in America between the wars. Among her assignments was the sensational murder involving Ruth Snyder, who with her lover, Judd Gray, had murdered her husband and gone to the electric chair. Out of this came MACHINAL, a powerful expressionist drama about the dependent status of women and the living hell of a loveless marriage. Successfully premiered on Broadway in 1928 with Clark Gable as the lover, the play was seen in London two years later, provoked a sensation in Tairov's version in Moscow in 1933, and was then largely forgotten until revivals in New York and London in the 1990s.
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- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1854592114
- ISBN 13 9781854592118
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- Number of pages96
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.Sophie Treadwell was a campaigning journalist in America between the wars. Among her assignments was the sensational murder involving Snyder, who with her lover, Judd Gray, had murdered her husband and gone to the electric chair.'This is a play written in anger. In the dead wasteland of male society it seems to ask isn't it necessary for certain women, at least, to resort to murder?' - Nicholas WrightSophie Treadwell's play Machinal was first seen on Broadway in 1928, in London in 1930, and was later revived in the 1990s.This edition of Machinal includes an introduction by Judith E. Barlow.'Gripping. doesn't loosen its hold on the senses until its shattering climax' Independent'Stingingly fresh and provocative' Time Out New York'[A work of] rare and disturbing beauty' New York Times'Gaspingly intense. Machinal remains pretty extraordinary stuff. [Treadwell's] spare, percussive language frequently feels like it could have been written yesterday' Time Out'A dazzling piece of work. Machinal, written in 1928, has lost none of its cold fury, its expressionistic power to depict a woman trapped by a society that expects her to marry and conform. It is astonishingly modern' Whatsonstage'An unforgettable portrait of a particular woman and of America itself as a hellishly dehumanised assembly line' Guardian'Feels strikingly modern: its sharp, splintered depiction of a young woman breaking apart in a dehumanising, mechanised world could have been written yesterday an eloquent and groundbreaking play' Financial Times A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781854592118
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