{"product_id":"king-stag-museum-fzr-gestaltung-zzrich-9783039422746","title":"King Stag: The Marionettes of Sophie Taeuber-Arp in the Play by René Morax and Werner Wolff","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of René Morax and Werner Wolff's avant-garde adaption of King Stag.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing Stag\u003c\/i\u003e is a play originally written in 1762 by Italian playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806). It is about love and conspiracy at the court of King Deramo. In search of a bride, Deramo falls victim to the intrigues of his adversary Tartaglia and is temporarily transformed into a stag. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1918, on the occasion of a major art exhibition staged in Zurich by the modernist association Swiss Werkbund, Swiss dramatist René Morax (1873-1963) and director Werner Wolff (1886-1972) produced a modern adaption of Gozzi's fairytale play that turned it into an amusing parody of Sigmund Freud's and Carl Gustav Jung's psychoanalysis, which had caused much controversy in Zurich at the time. The production was conceived as puppetry, for which avant-garde artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943) designed the stage sets and an ensemble of sixteen radically abstracted marionettes. Her designs broke with every tradition of the genre and were influenced by her work in fine and applied art, as well as her experience with expressive dance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book offers the first English translation of Morax and Wolff's adaption of \u003ci\u003eKing Stag\u003c\/i\u003e. The text is supplemented with photographs of Taeuber-Arp's iconic marionettes produced especially for this volume. Essays by distinguished scholars explore the genesis of the original 1918 production and place it in historical context, shed new light on the play, and highlight its significance for Switzerland's avant-garde. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Museum Für Gestaltung Zürich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 303942274X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039422746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Museum Für Gestaltung Zürich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927949791487,"sku":"9783039422746","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d5c20e4-288a-4161-9a80-f2110759d291.jpg?v=1749373471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/king-stag-museum-fzr-gestaltung-zzrich-9783039422746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}