{"product_id":"the-infernal-machine-jean-cocteau-9780811200226","title":"The Infernal Machine: \u0026 Other Plays","description":"Among the great figures who pioneered the modern movement in world literature, none showed himself more versatile than France's Jean Cocteau. Poet, novelist, critic, artist, actor, film-maker, Cocteau was also one of the greatest dramatists Europe has produced, with over a dozen plays which are frequently revived, not only in France, but in translation in many other countries. For this collection, fine translations of four full-length plays, one short play, and the \"Speaker's Text\" for the Cocteau-Stravinsky opera Oedipus Rex have been selected. The longer plays (The Infernal Machine, Orpheus, Bacchus, Knights of the Round Table) are re-creations of classic myth and legend--poetic and highly original interpretations of certain timeless themes which have inspired great drama through the ages. The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party is, by contrast, merely a \"curtain-raiser,\" but remarkable as un jeu d'esprit, revealing the wit and psychological penetration for which Cocteau is famous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Cocteau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811200221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811200226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.91h x 5.18w x 1.11d","brand":"Jean Cocteau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926338535679,"sku":"9780811200226","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d3678c8e-f095-455a-bd50-339439996488.jpg?v=1681082519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-infernal-machine-jean-cocteau-9780811200226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}