"Running with the Hounds": The Nazi Pygmalion
The 1941 Berlin-based Prussian State Theater production of Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion sheds light on the popularity of Shaw in Third Reich Germany, the playwright's conflicted politics, and the complex and often-contradictory forces at work in National Socialist cultural policy. Providing ba...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Shaw. - Pennsylvania State University Press, 1981. - 35(2015), 2, Seite 185-212 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Shaw |
| Schlagworte: | Arts Political science Social sciences Behavioral sciences Economics Business |
| Zusammenfassung: | The 1941 Berlin-based Prussian State Theater production of Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion sheds light on the popularity of Shaw in Third Reich Germany, the playwright's conflicted politics, and the complex and often-contradictory forces at work in National Socialist cultural policy. Providing background on Pygmalion's long-standing popularity among German audiences, this essay's analysis of the lavish 1941 production draws on contemporary press coverage as well as on the director's hand-annotated script in order to examine Shaw's complicated relationship with the Third Reich. |
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| ISSN: | 15291480 |
| DOI: | 10.5325/shaw.35.2.0185 |