Schwartz, Yevgeni
Schwartz, Yevgeni (1896–1958),Russian playwright, author of several plays based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. The Naked King (1934, pub. 1960) follows the basic plot of Andersen's ‘The Emperor's New Clothes’, incorporating some elements from ‘The Swineherd’ and ‘The Princess and the Pea’, as well as a good deal of social satire. The Snow Queen (1939) and The Shadow (1940) are closer to the originals, while they have a clear satirical focus, the latter portraying a country ruled by a dictator. However, unlike the original, Schwartz's version of The Shadow has a happy ending. Many of Schwartz's plays were banned when Communist censorship detected possible satires of the regime in their motifs of power and falseness.
Schwartz's Kinder‐ und...
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