Gas I
by Georg Kaiser
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In the second play of the trilogy, the billionaire's son has chosen a life of rebellion against injustice and exploitation. He now becomes a social revolutionary dedicated to a realization of the "new man." He offers his workers the opportunity of a humane life; but the reforms he proposes and the prospect of an equal share in profits lead only to an intensification of greed among the workers and to their total dependence on the machines, and the production of a highly lucrative but show more dangerous gas. show lessTags
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In the "GAS trilogy" (The Coral, Gas I, and Gas II) Kaiser's fundamental theme, the regeneration of man, is presented in terms of contemporary social conflicts. The cycle of plays encompasses the entire evolution of capitalism within an abstract scheme. Kaiser was the leading playwright of German expressionism and exponent of its meager settings, show more violent contrasts, and love of the grotesque and shocking, all aimed at arousing in the beholder an intense "awareness of life." His more than 50 plays include every variety of style and subject matter, including social drama, comedy, farce, romance, legend, and history. His characters are types shorn of individual subtleties, embodiments of ideas pure and simple. He died in Switzerland. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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