Whyte George (Author)
Whyte George (Author) - The Dreyfus Affair A Trilogy - Paperback
Whyte George (Author) - The Dreyfus Affair A Trilogy - Paperback
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Description: In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus an innocent Jewish Officer in the French Army was convicted on false evidence for a crime of high treason. He was stripped of his rank publicly degraded and deported to the penal colony of Devil's Island to serve a sentence of life imprisonment in total isolation and under inhumane conditions. The fight to prove his innocence was to last 12 years. This trilogy of plays are a dramatic adaptation of this episode in 19th century European history. Also includes an introduction a chronology of the Dreyfus Affair and an epilogue by the author My Burning Protest by George Whyte after Emile Zola. The Dreyfus trilogy includes the dramatisations The Dreyfus Affair (premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin 8 May 1994) Dreyfus - J Accuse (premiered at the Oper der Stadt Bonn 8 September 1999) and Rage and Outrage (premiered by Franco/ German TV Channel Arte 18 May 1995).
Title: The Dreyfus Affair A Trilogy
Author(s): Whyte George (Author)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781849430371
Pages: 126 Pages
Publication Date: 10/18/2011
Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights
Category: Plays, Playscripts
Description: In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus an innocent Jewish Officer in the French Army was convicted on false evidence for a crime of high treason. He was stripped of his rank publicly degraded and deported to the penal colony of Devil's Island to serve a sentence of life imprisonment in total isolation and under inhumane conditions. The fight to prove his innocence was to last 12 years. This trilogy of plays are a dramatic adaptation of this episode in 19th century European history. Also includes an introduction a chronology of the Dreyfus Affair and an epilogue by the author My Burning Protest by George Whyte after Emile Zola. The Dreyfus trilogy includes the dramatisations The Dreyfus Affair (premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin 8 May 1994) Dreyfus - J Accuse (premiered at the Oper der Stadt Bonn 8 September 1999) and Rage and Outrage (premiered by Franco/ German TV Channel Arte 18 May 1995).
Title: The Dreyfus Affair A Trilogy
Author(s): Whyte George (Author)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781849430371
Pages: 126 Pages
Publication Date: 10/18/2011
Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights
Category: Plays, Playscripts
