Gas Trilogy, The (The Coral; Gas I; Gas II)

Gas Trilogy, The (The Coral; Gas I; Gas II)

    Author: Georg Kaiser

    First Performance: (1) 1917, Munich and Frankfurt; (2) 1918, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf; (3) 1920, Brünn (Brno)

    Published: (1) 1917; (2) 1918; (3) 1920

    First English Translation: (1) 1963; (2) 1925; (3) 1963

    Genre: Trilogy of three dramas: (1) 5 acts, (2) 5 acts, and (3) 3 acts; German prose

    Setting: (1) Margarine factory and at sea, early 20th c.; (2) A gas factory, mid-20th c.; (3) The same gas factory, late 20th c.

    Cast: (1) 19m, 3f, extras; (2) 15m, 4f, extras; (3) 15m, extras

    (1) The Coral (Die Koralle).

The Billionaire (or Millionaire) is the autocratic boss of a margarine factory, intent on acquiring as much wealth as possible in order to create a distance between himself and his...

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