The Belle Vue

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Synopsis

Horváth's setting for this black political farce is a seedy hotel in Central Europe in the 1920s where the only guest is a drunken, ageing nymphomaniac - wealthy and despotic. Under her sole occupancy the hotel is falling apart and sliding even deeper into decadence. There is no future and no hope until a young woman arrives with a fortune to spend. What follows is a riot of confusion and mistaken identities, satirising the despair and futility of a continent poised on the brink of fascism.
Horváth (1901-1938) was accidentally killed in Paris after fleeing from the Nazis. The Belle Vue, one of 16 plays, was not performed until 1969. This translation marked the British premiere, in a production by the Actors Touring Company.

Book details

Series:
Oberon Modern Plays
Author:
Ödön Von Horvath, Kenneth McLeish
ISBN:
9781783192816
Related ISBNs:
9781870259736
Publisher:
Oberon Books
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-09-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1996
Copyright by:
Oberon Books 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Drama, Plays and Theater, Literature and Fiction