Das Politische Theater (The Political Theater)
Berlin: Adalbert Schultz Verlag, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 262 (2)pp., 15 plates. Original white stiff wraps in original dustjacket illustrated with photomontage by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, white lettering on cover and spine; protected by modern mylar. Frontispiece photomontage. The book was generated in cooperation with Felix Gasbarra. Extensive treatise on the political theater by one of Germany's most prominent theater directors and next to Bertolt Brecht the foremost exponent of the epic theater who emphasized the sociopolitical content rather than emotional manipulation of the audience. Profusely illustrated with in-text illustrations and thirty pages of photographs by Sasha Stone, A. L. Jacobi, Photo-Schmidt and reproductions of George Grosz' drawings. Text in German. Dustjacket with some wear along edges, small chips and light creasing. Block lightly age-toned. Dustjacket in overall good, interior in very good condition. g to vg. Item #48566
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