books by Carl Zuckmayer

books by Carl Zuckmayer

books:

Carl Zuckmayer

The Captain of Köpenick: A Modern Fairy Tale in Three Acts. First Edition.
Carl Zuckmayer

Geoffrey Bles, 1932

Carl Zuckmeyer's play, 'Der Hauptmann von Köpenick', was a huge success story in Germany in the early 1930s. It was hailed as not only a striking example of dramatic art but also a brilliant indictment of militarism and officialdom in pre-war Germany. The author took the historic episode (in 1906) of the ex-convict cobbler, Wilhelm Voigt, who ...

Des Teufels General

Carl Zuckmayer

Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, 1998

DEVIL'S GENERAL
"Des Teufels General" - Devil's genral - is a drama in three acts. The story line is situated on the background of the ending of World War II. GENERAL PLOT: General Harras, the protagonist, has served well for the German airforces since 1914. He had recognized ...

The Devil's General/ Germany: Jekyll and Hyde (German Library)
Carl Zuckmayer, Sebastian Haffner, ...

Continuum, 2005

Both works in this volume - a play by Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) and an unusual contemporary study of Nazi Germany by Sebastian Haffner (1907-99) - bear testimony to the disturbing events that were to change German history in the aftermath of World War I. The abridged translation of The Devil's General, which was approved by Zuckmayer himself, is ...