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Schweik In The Second World War
''Schweyk in the Second World War'' (German language, German: ''Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg'') is a play (theatre), play by Germany, German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht. It was written by Brecht in 1943 while in exile in California, and is a sequel to the 1923 novel ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' by Jaroslav Hašek. Background ''Schweyk in the Second World War'' is set in German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Nazi-occupied Prague and on the Eastern Front (World War II), Russian Front during World War II. In a summary written for potential composer Kurt Weill, it was written: "The Good Soldier Schweyk, after surviving the First World War, is still alive. Our story shows his successful efforts to survive the Second as well. The new rulers have even more grandiose and all-embracing plans than the old, which makes it even harder for today's Little Man to remain more or less alive." Hanns Eisler, ultimately, became Brecht's chief musical collaborator for the work. Plot As Schweyk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor of Germany#Nazi Germany (1933–1945), the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of Holocaust victims, about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and moved to German Empire, Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1919 he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921 was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays Set In Prague
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices * Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group Concert residencies and tours * Play Tour, concert tour headlined by Spanish singer Aitana * Play (concert residency), 2022 Katy Perry concert residency Film * ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan * ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * ''Play!'', a Japanese film directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1943 Plays
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani. * January 10 – WWII: Guadalcanal campaign, Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces of the 2nd Marine Division and the 25th Infantry Division (United States), 25th Infantry Division begin their assaults on the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse#Galloping Horse, Galloping Horse and Sea Horse on Guadalcanal. Meanwhile, the Japanese Seventeenth Army (Japan), 17th Army makes plans to abandon the island and after fierce resistance withdraws to the west coast of Guadalcanal. * January 11 ** The United States and United Kingdom revise previously unequal treaty relationships with the Republic of China (1912–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plays By Bertolt Brecht
Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone * Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices * Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group Concert residencies and tours * Play Tour, concert tour headlined by Spanish singer Aitana * Play (concert residency), 2022 Katy Perry concert residency Film * ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan * ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * ''Play!'', a Japanese film directed by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Plays With Anti-war Themes
An anti-war play is a play that is perceived as having an anti-war theme. Some plays that are thought of as anti-war plays are: *''Peace'' (421 BC) - by Aristophanes *''The Trojan Women'' (415 BC) - Euripides *''Lysistrata'' (411 BC) - Aristophanes *'' Journey's End'' (1928) - R. C. Sherriff * '' The Silver Tassie'' (1929) - Seán O'Casey * ''The Rumour'' by C.K.Munro 1929 at the Royal Court Theatre produced by Hilda Dallas *''Post-Mortem'' (1930) - Noël Coward *'' For Services Rendered'' (1932) - Somerset Maugham *'' The Trojan War Will Not Take Place'' (1935) - Jean Giraudoux *'' Bury the Dead'' (1936) - Irwin Shaw *'' Idiot's Delight'' (1936) - Robert E. Sherwood *''Hooray for What!'' (1937) *'' The White Disease'' (1937) - Karel Čapek *'' The Mother'' (1938) - Karel Čapek *''Mother Courage and Her Children'' (1939) - Bertolt Brecht *''Schweik in the Second World War'' (1943) - Bertolt Brecht *''Nemesis'' (1944) - Nurul Momen *''All My Sons'' (1947) - Arthur Miller *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihi Kahi Chandru
Chandrashekar (born 1962 23 July), known by his stage name Sihi Kahi Chandru, which literally means "sweet and bitter" Chandru, is an Indian Kannada film and television actor. Chandru has acted in over 500+ films and many TV soaps. Career His wife '' Sihi Kahi Geetha'' and he were the main protagonists in an old Doordarshan Kannada serial titled ''Sihi Kahi'' which was televised every Friday from 7.00-7.30 slot, between 1986-87. Those being the initial days of Doordarshan, the show had a large viewership and the serial was extremely popular with the Kannada audience. It was a situation-comedy (sitcom) serial in which Chandru and Geetha enacted the role of a husband and wife. Their friendship blossomed into love and later they walked down the matrimony aisle in real life on 9 November 1990. Their success in the serial gave Chandru the name "Sihi Kahi Chandru" and Geetha the name "Sihi Kahi Geetha". He is also a noted theatre personality, known for his comedy play ''Neenaanaadr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudipto Das
Sudipto Das (born 12 July 1973) is an Indian author, social worker and musician. He is also a speaker at TED events and a veteran in the semiconductor industry, having co-chaired the Industry Forum at VLSID 2020. He has been the co-founder of two startups. In 2020 he spearheaded a country wide initiative to deliver daily groceries to people stranded due to lockdowns in the wake of the breakout of COVID-19. Das has written three novels—'' The Ekkos Clan'' (2013), '' The Aryabhata Clan'' (2018) and The Broken Amoretti (2019) - and a biography, Jagadish Chandra Bose: The Reluctant Physicist (2023). He has also published the coffee table book ''Myths & Truths Behind The Ekkos Clan'' (2014). Within a fortnight of its release The Ekkos Clan reached third place in the best seller list in Flipkart in the Literature and Fiction section. Sudipto, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, has been a secretary at the Sarathi Socio Cultural Trust for many years, looking after their cultural init ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjon Ghoshal
Ranjon Ghoshal (; 7 June 1955 – 9 July 2020) was an Indian theatre director and musician. He was a member of the Bengali band Moheener Ghoraguli, and ran an advertising agency, Mareech Advertising in Bangalore, apart from Forum Three, a theatre group. Biography He was born in a small town named Memari, District: Burdwan, West Bengal to Leela (born: 1925) and late Tarapada Ghoshal (1915 - 16 February 2008), both from Barishal (district) now in Bangladesh. Tarapada retired from a Govt. of India's political intelligence bureau posting equivalent of an additional Superintendent of Police in 1973. Leela has always been a homemaker. Ranjon has three elder brothers, Tapan (born:1945), Swapan (born: 1947) and Chandan (born: 1950), one sister, Mala (born: 1957) and a younger brother, Kanchan (born: 1960). On 27 April 1980, Ranjon was married to Sangeeta (née Ghosh). A first cousin of Gautam Chattopadhyay, who founded arguably Bengal's and India's first band in 1975 along with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auroville
Auroville (; City of Dawn French: Cité de l'aube) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.Auroville in brief Official website. Updated 30 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016 It was founded in 1968 by (known as "the Mother") and designed by architect . Etymology Auroville's name is derived from the French language: ''aurore'', meaning "dawn", and ''ville'', meaning "town" or "city". Additionally, it is named after |
The Bath Chronicle
The ''Bath Chronicle'' is a weekly newspaper, first published under various titles before 1760 in Bath, England. Prior to September 2007, it was published daily. The ''Bath Chronicle'' serves Bath, northern Somerset and west Wiltshire. History Name changes The ''Bath Journal'' was published in 1743, and was renamed ''Boddely's Bath Journal''. It was renamed ''Keene's Bath Journal'' in January 1822, and was eventually taken over by the ''Bath Herald'' in March 1916. The newspaper also originated from the ''Bath Chronicle and Universal Register'' taking over from the ''Bath Advertiser'' which was published from 1755. By 1919 it had changed its name to the ''Bath and Wilts Chronicle'' as a result of a merger with another paper. The ''Bath Herald'' was merged with the ''Bath Chronicle'' in 1925 to become the ''Bath Chronicle and Herald'', amended in 1936 to ''Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald''. The early 1960s was a time for another minor name change to ''Bath and Wilts Evening Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guys And Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner". The show premiered on Broadway theatre, Broadway on November 24, 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a Guys and Dolls (film), 1955 film adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, and Vivian Blaine, who reprised her role of Adelaide from Broadway. ''Guys and Dolls'' is considered one of the greatest Broadway musicals. In 1998, Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, along with the original Broadway cast of the 1950 Decca Records, Decca cast album, were inducted into the Grammy Hall o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
