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Bacchus (play)

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116: 25:. His last full-length play, it is set in a small German town in 1523, which is holding a Bacchic carnival. As part of the festivities, the village idiot is declared king for a week, and he suddenly becomes rational "and preaches an anarchic message of love and freedom, which results in his being sentenced to burn at the stake." 51:(1963). In 1952 the work was translated into German by Charles Regnier and Gerd von Rhein; the first German performance has been in the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in 153: 88: 172: 146: 177: 139: 29: 8: 127: 33: 84: 56: 123: 60: 166: 52: 115: 22: 164: 43:It was translated into English by Mary Hoeck as 147: 122:This article on a play from the 1950s is a 21:is a 1951 play written by French dramatist 154: 140: 40:accusing Cocteau of committing heresy. 83:. New York: Vendôme Press, 1986, p. 187. 47:. The translation has been published in 165: 110: 49:The Infernal Machine and Other Plays 32:in December 1951. A few days later 13: 59:, attended by the author and with 14: 189: 114: 55:on 18 October 1952, directed by 93: 73: 1: 66: 126:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 194: 109: 81:Jean Cocteau and His World 103:Reaktion books, 2008. 173:Plays by Jean Cocteau 36:attacked the play in 79:Arthur King Peters: 38:Le Figaro littéraire 99:James S. Williams: 135: 134: 57:Gustaf Gruendgens 28:It was opened in 185: 178:1950s play stubs 156: 149: 142: 118: 111: 104: 97: 91: 77: 34:François Mauriac 193: 192: 188: 187: 186: 184: 183: 182: 163: 162: 161: 160: 108: 107: 98: 94: 78: 74: 69: 30:Théâtre Marigny 12: 11: 5: 191: 181: 180: 175: 159: 158: 151: 144: 136: 133: 132: 119: 106: 105: 92: 71: 70: 68: 65: 63:as Bacchus. 61:Martin Benrath 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 190: 179: 176: 174: 171: 170: 168: 157: 152: 150: 145: 143: 138: 137: 131: 129: 125: 120: 117: 113: 112: 102: 101:Jean Cocteau. 96: 90: 89:0-86565-068-3 86: 82: 76: 72: 64: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 41: 39: 35: 31: 26: 24: 20: 19: 128:expanding it 121: 100: 95: 80: 75: 48: 44: 42: 37: 27: 23:Jean Cocteau 17: 16: 15: 167:Categories 67:References 53:Düsseldorf 45:Bacchus 18:Bacchus 87:  124:stub 85:ISBN 169:: 155:e 148:t 141:v 130:.

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