Author: (Chentoff, Polia). Schnitzler, Arthur
Title: Couples: Ten Dialogues Rendered from the German by Lily Wolfe and E.W. Titus. Including a Translation of the Opinion of the State Court at Berlin in Vindication of the Fitness of the Play for Performance in Public. [Translation of "Reigen"]
Description: Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1927, 1927. Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1927. 1927. Good. - Small quarto [8-3/8 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], cream boards titled on the front board with a vignette line drawing in gray. The boards are bumped & soiled and darkened & chipped around the edges with a stain to the front board. The back strip is perished. Title, [3] leaves, v & 111 pages with a "misprints" slip bound in. Illustrated with 10 heliogravure engravings by Polia Chentoff. The page edges are darkened & there is a small stain to the flyleaf with a chip out of its top edge. Good.

First edition, limited to 500 copies.

Schnitzler's works were often controversial, both for their frank descriptions of sexuality and for their strong stand against anti-Semitism. After the opening of his play "Reigen", he was branded a pornographer. However, the State Court at Berlin determined that the work came across as a criticism of modern amorality and was therefore fit to be seen by the public. The Max Ophuls film "La Ronde", based on the play, met with considerable success in the English-speaking world.

Scarce. Good .

Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; PLAY; PLAYWRIGHT; GERMAN; ARTHUR SCHNITZLER; REIGEN; ENGLISH TRANSLATION; COUPLES: TEN DIALOGUES; TRANSLATORS; LILY WOLFE; E. W. TITUS; ILLUSTRATOR; POLIA CHENTOFF; PLATES; ENGRAVINGS; HELIOGRAVURES; CENSORSHIP; STATE COURT OF BERLIN; LI

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