The Trial, Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony
Three theatre adaptations from Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka, Steven Berkoff, Cheryl Robson
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Pub Date 31 Jan 2024 | Archive Date 3 Apr 2024
Aurora Metro | Amber Lane Press
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Description
Three distinctive adaptations from a master of total theatre, Steven Berkoff fuses all the elements of drama together in a whole theatrical experience. Combining movement and mime with text to achieve a heightened dramatic intensity, Berkoff takes Kafka's stories and transforms them into a powerful dramatic expression of the inhumanity which plagued the twentieth century and continues unchecked today.
A Note From the Publisher
Has a new foreword which explores Berkoff's approach to theatre, useful for students and teachers.
Replaces old edition
Has a new foreword which explores Berkoff's approach to theatre, useful for students and teachers.
Advance Praise
“Berkoff has a master’s ear for vocabulary and rhythm. Everything is heightened – physically, emotionally, intellectually... There’s so much to work with and draw from.”
– Theatre Weekly
“Throughout the play, you find yourself relating to both Gregor, as the one being isolated, but also to his family members who are the cause of that. That makes the show eerily relatable, and it’s this quality that allows you to ponder the topic on a deeper level.”
– everything-theatre.co.uk
“The totality of alienation was stressed through the theatre of shadows. [The family’s] greed and stupidity were the forces that concealed, distorted and destroyed what was
essential in human nature.”
– Theatre Journal
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781738476909 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 176 |
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Featured Reviews
Bethany C, Reviewer
I'm a big fan of Kafka's stories, and two big players in adaptations are of course Brecht and Berkoff each with their own way of telling some of the strangest stories in contemporary fiction. It was very fun to revisit these scripts and relive the stories told through stage. Of course scripts aren't everyones idea of reading but it was a great collection.
