‘Written in the form of a symposium, a government agency brings together a group fo experts to discuss a strategy for dealing with the ageing population.’
Trans: Dan Farrelly
Modern Death is written in the form of a symposium, in which a government agency brings together a group of experts to discuss a strategy for dealing with an ageing population. The speakers take up the thread of the ongoing debates about care for the aged and about euthanasia. In dark satirical mode the author shows what grim developments are possible. The theme of a 'final solution' is mentioned, though the connection with Hitler is explicitly denied. The most inhuman crimes against human dignity are discussed in the symposium as if they were a necessary condition of future progress. The fiercely ironical treatment of the material tears off the thin veil that disguises the specious arguments and insidious expressions of concern for the well-being of the younger generation. Though the text was written nearly thirty years ago, the play has a terrifyingly modern relevance.ISBN 9781904505280
Cost €8.00
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‘An unveiling of the alleged Weimar State secret to cover up Goethe's love relationship with Anna Amalia, Dowager Duchess of Weimar’
by Ettore Ghibellino translated by Dan Farrelly
In this study Ghibellino sets out to show that the platonic relationship between Goethe and Charlotte von Stein - lady-in-waiting to Anna Amalia, the Dowager Duchess of Weimar - was used as part of a cover-up for Goethe's intense and prolonged love-relationship with the Duchess Anna Amalia herself. The book attempts to uncover a hitherto closely guarded state secret. Readers convinced by the evidence supporting Ghibellino's hypothesis will see in it one of the very great love stories in European history - to rank with that of Dante and Beatrice, and Petrarch and Laura. The publication of the German edition in 2003 casued a sensation in some circles.ISBN 978-1-904505-24-2
Cost €25.00
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‘By Erika Von Wietersheim and Dan Farrelly’
Discussions of Goethe's 'Iphigenie auf Tauris' (Under the Curse) as relevant to women's issues in modern South Africa: women in family and public life; the force of women's spirituality; experience of personal relationships; attitudes to parents and ancestors; involvement with religion.
ISBN 0-9534-2578-9
Cost €10.00
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‘A New Translation By Dan Farrelly’
The most up-to-date German scholarship of Thomas Michael Mayer and Burghard Dedner has finally made it possible to establish an authentic sequence of scenes. The wide-spread view that this play is a prime example of loose, open theatre is no longer sustainable. Directors and teachers are challenged to 'read it again'.
ISBN 1-904505-02-3
Cost €10.00
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‘A new version of Goethe's early 'Faust' in Brechtian mode, by Dan Farrelly.’
This version is based on Brecht's irreverent and daring re-interpretation of the German classic.
'Urfaust is a kind of well-spring for German theatre... The love-story is the most daring and the most profound in German dramatic literature.' - Brecht
ISBN 0-9534257-0-3
Cost €10.00
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‘Goethe's 'Iphigenie auf Tauris' in a new version, by Dan Farrelly’
The Greek myth of Iphigenie grappling with the curse on the house of Atreus is brought vividly to life. This version is currently being used in Johannesburg to explore problems of ancestry, religion, and Black African women's spirituality.
ISBN 0-9534-2572-X
Cost €10.00
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