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Handkerchief of Clouds

Play written by Tristan Tzara

Play written by Tristan Tzara

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nameHandkerchief of Clouds
imageMouchoir de Nuages.jpg
writerTristan Tzara
premiere
placeThéâtre de la Cigale, Paris
orig_langFrench
genreDada

Handkerchief of Clouds: A Tragedy in Fifteen Acts () is a French-language Dadaist play by Romanian-born author Tristan Tzara. Tzara described it as an "ironic tragedy" or a "tragic farce", composed of 15 short acts, each with an accompanying commentary, with a strong influence from "the serialized novel and the cinema." Its action, he continues, should be staged on a platform in the centre of a box-like room "from which the actors cannot leave" The play was Tzara's last Dada production.

Notes

Sources

  • Gordon, Mel, ed. 1987. Dada Performance. New York: PAJ Publications. .
  • Melzer, Annabelle. 1976. Dada and Surrealist Performance. PAJ Books ser. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1994. .
  • Richter, Hans. 1997. Dada: Art and Anti-Art. Trans. David Britt. Updated edition. London: Thames & Hudson. .
  • Robbins, Aileen, trans. 1987. A Handkerchief of Clouds: A Tragedy in Fifteen Acts. By Tristan Tzara. In Gordon (1987, 137-161).

References

  1. Robbins (1987) and Melzer (1976, 193-195).
  2. Robbins (1987, 137) and Melzer (1976, 193).
  3. It was first staged on 17 May [[1924 in literature#Drama. 1924]] at the Théâtre de la Cigale in [[Paris]].Robbins (1987, 137).
  4. Gordon (1987, 24).
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