La Ronde (Plays for Performance Series)
La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler, published by Ivan R. Dee on January 16, 2010, is a translation of the renowned play originally circulated in Vienna in 1900. This edition, comprising 128 pages, explores the themes of sexual morality and class ideology through a series of encounters between pairs of characters, reflecting the societal norms of Schnitzler’s time. The play’s provocative nature led to its initial censorship and accusations of pornography upon its public release in 1903.
Readers will find that La Ronde presents a nuanced examination of sexual contact and its implications across different social classes. The new translation by Nicholas Rudall captures the distinct language of the characters, enhancing the play’s accessibility for contemporary audiences. As part of the Plays for Performance series, this edition aims to provide a script that is not only faithful to the original but also engaging for performance, making it a significant contribution to the study of Continental European drama.
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First published for private circulation in Vienna in 1900, Arthur Schnitzler’s famous play looks at the sexual morality and class ideology of his day through a series of sexual encounters between pairs of characters. When published publicly in 1903, it became an immediate best-seller, scandalized Viennese society, and a year later was censored. Schnitzler was accused of pornography and worse. In 1922 Freud wrote to him that “you have learned through intuition-though actually as a result of sensitive introspection-everything that I have had to unearth by laborious work on other persons.” By choosing characters across the social spectrum, La Ronde offers a powerful view of how sexual contact transgresses boundaries of class. Nicholas Rudall’s new translation sensitively captures the language distinctions of the representative characters in the play while providing a remarkably playable script. New in the Plays for Performance series.
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