You might also like

More about Ugly One

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 40 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Lette thought he was normal. When the extent of his ugliness is revealed he turns to a plastic surgeon for help. But after the bandages come off, Lette soon learns that there is such a thing as too beautiful. 'Owing glancing debts to Mary Shelley and HG Wells, Mayenburg's 60-minute play squarely hits any number of targets: our society's obsession with external beauty, the brutality of capitalism, and the danger of treating defining organs like mechanical parts. But, deftly translated from German by Maja Zade, the play makes its points with the lightest of touches.' Guardian The Ugly One is a scalpel-sharp comedy on beauty, identity and getting ahead in life. The play is published as a programme text edition to coincide with its British premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 13 September 2007.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Ugly One
• Author: Marius Von Mayenburg
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• EAN: 9780713689440
• ISBN: 0713689447
• ID: 04119165
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 100 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 131 × 5 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. September 2007

Trending among others

---

---

---