Mephisto (A Rhapsody) (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Samuel Gallet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786829533 ISBN 13: 9781786829535

Publisher: Oberon Books (UK), 2019

Synopsis

In the town of Balbek the far right are about to seize power. At the local theatre, Aymeric dreams of celebrity; Lucas longs for a liberal revolution; Michael is seduced by the extremists; Juliette Demba is in fear for her life.

As this political earthquake ripples through the town, Aymeric must make his choice: resist the forces of hatred or harness them for his own success.

Based on the real life story of Gustaf Gründgens, whose dreams of fame led him to betray everything, and at the peak of his career, perform Faust for Hitler, Mephisto [A Rhapsody] is a searing contemporary response to Klaus Mann’s banned, and fiercely political cult novel. Samuel Gallet’s urgent new play asks: what would you sacrifice to do the right thing?

About this title

About the Authors

Samuel Gallet is playwright and dramatic poet, working regularly at the intersection of music, theatre, politics and poetry.

Christopher Campbell read English and French at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He is the Literary Manager at the Royal CourtTheatre. Christopher has worked as an actor in Canada, France and Belgium, as well as here in the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oberon Books (UK)
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786829533
• ISBN 13: 9781786829535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152