The Karl Marx Play

The Karl Marx Play

Book and Lyrics by Rochelle Owens
Music by Galt MacDermot

The Karl Marx Play

The Karl Marx Play

Book and Lyrics by Rochelle Owens
Music by Galt MacDermot

Overview

From the author's note: "This play evolved out of investigations of the circumstances and events, factual and imaginary, of the life of Karl Marx... a man with a mission, surrounded by his loving, demanding, maddening family and friend, Frederick Engels."

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Authors

Galt MacDermot

Galt MacDermot (1928-2018). Two-time Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer Galt MacDermot is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway scores of HAIR and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His work spans the g ...

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Rochelle Owens

A prominent figure in the international avant-garde for 50 years, Rochelle Owens is a poet, playwright, translator and video artist. She has published over 18 books of poetry, most recently Hermaphropoetics, Drifting Geometries (2017), Out of Ur: New & Selected Poems 1961-201 ...

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