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The Condemned of Altona: A Play in Five Acts (Norton Library; N889) (original 1959; edition 1978)

by Jean-Paul Sartre (Author)

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The Condemned of Altona is an act of judgment on the twentieth century, which might have been an admirable era (the closing lines tell us) if man had not been threatened by 'the cruel enemy who had sworn to destroy him, that hairless, evil, flesh-eating beast--man himself. 'All the characters in the play are defendants, trapped inside the frame of the proscenium as securely as Eichmann within his glass cage in Jerusalem; their judge is the past, and its verdict is without mercy. Two death penalties are imposed, and one sentence of solitary confinement for life. The stage, as so often in M. Sartre's hands, becomes a place of moral inquisition, at once a courtroom and a prison.… (more)
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Title:The Condemned of Altona: A Play in Five Acts (Norton Library; N889)
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This was a great play. Sartre uses vivid and entrancing techniques to characterize his personages- especially Franz, to fully execute his will and explore the human condition. I thought it was a very interesting play with a lot to offer and recommend it to those interested in Sartre, theatre, Nobel laureates, French literature, and classics.

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  DanielSTJ | Jan 29, 2020 |
Conseil de famille chez les von Gerlach : le père a convoqué sa fille Leni, son fils cadet Werner et johanna, sa bru, pour leur dicter ses dernières volontés. Il n'a plus que six mois à vivre, les médecins l'ont condamné. Après lui, Werner dirigera l'empire industriel des von Gerlach mais doit s'engager à ne jamais quitter Altona. Pourquoi cette condition sinon pour protéger Frantz, le fils aîné, qui se claustre dans sa chambre depuis treize ans et passe pour mort aux yeux du monde ? johanna s'insurge. Son beau-père l'incite subtilement à forcer la porte de Frantz ? par elle il espère obtenir l'entrevue que son fils lui refuse. johanna, fascinée, pénètre dans le monde clos où Frantz, jour après jour, se justifie devant un tribunal invisible. Revoir son père équivaut pour lui à rentrer dans le réel et à dresser le bilan de deux conceptions de l'existence mises à l'épreuve dans le creuset de la guerre. Confrontation aux suites tragiques.
  Haijavivi | Jun 10, 2019 |
Sartre foi um excelente dramaturgo. Os Seqüestrados de Altona mostra a vida de um oficial do exército nazista, Frantz von Gerlach, que não quis mais sair de casa, que se mantem voluntariamente seqüestrado dos seus por ter cometido um crime de guerra. Frantz bombardeia com conchas o retrato de Hitler, e dirige-se a juízes imaginários - os caranguejos - que o aterrorizam, e frente aos quais sua irmã Leni, com a qual mantém relações incestuosas, proclama sua inocência. Leni também tenta convencê-lo da ruína da Alemanha pós-guerra, pois ele não consegue conceber o contrário. A peça inicia após treze anos de clausura, quando o patriarca von Gerlach está perto da morte e deve transmitir a obrigação de cuidar de Frantz ao filho Werner, que achava que o irmão estava morto. ( )
  JuliaBoechat | Mar 30, 2013 |
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The Condemned of Altona is an act of judgment on the twentieth century, which might have been an admirable era (the closing lines tell us) if man had not been threatened by 'the cruel enemy who had sworn to destroy him, that hairless, evil, flesh-eating beast--man himself. 'All the characters in the play are defendants, trapped inside the frame of the proscenium as securely as Eichmann within his glass cage in Jerusalem; their judge is the past, and its verdict is without mercy. Two death penalties are imposed, and one sentence of solitary confinement for life. The stage, as so often in M. Sartre's hands, becomes a place of moral inquisition, at once a courtroom and a prison.

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