The plays are "Concord, "a comedy based on Kleist s "The Broken Jug; The Fall of the Amazons, "a tragedy from the Kleist "Penthesilea; "and "Wannsee, "a tragicomedy, Bentley s rendering of "Das Katchen von Heilbronn.
Concord "is set in a courthouse during the early days of the Republic. Convened to discover who broke an irreplaceable jug symbolic of the chivalric age of Sir Walter Raleigh, Judge Adam s madcap court flounders in hilarious chaos induced by comic lust."
The Fall of the Amazons "is the story of Achilles and the Amazon queen Penthesilea. In this pagan play, Bentley explores improbable love, a theme shared by "Wannsee.
Wannsee "is a play of pageantry: emperors, counts, dueling knights, a young beauty of seemingly low birth, cherubs, and witches masked in loveliness."
- ISBN10 0809316293
- ISBN13 9780809316298
- Publish Date 14 November 1990 (first published 1 November 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 3
- Language English