The Last Days of Mankind

T825921191
Karl Kraus's epic response to the outbreak of WW1, its impact on the lives of the people, and the role of the media, is made up of over 200 scenes across five Acts, one for each year of the war, following fictional characters, archetypes and historical figures. While the main play was naturalistic, using material from newspapers and actual conversations, the epilogue takes on an expressionist, apocalyptic vision of a world destroyed by a war.

Author

Karl Kraus

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Archive :: production:T825921191, play:S562590798, venue:V857

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Production details

Approx running time: 2hrs 55mins (two intervals)