Handkerchief of Clouds
Play written by Tristan Tzara
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Handkerchief of Clouds: A Tragedy in Fifteen Acts (French: Mouchoir de Nuages) is a French-language Dadaist play by Romanian-born author Tristan Tzara.[1] Tzara described it as an "ironic tragedy" or a "tragic farce", composed of 15 short acts, each with an accompanying commentary, with a strong influence from "the serialized novel and the cinema."[2] Its action, he continues, should be staged on a platform in the centre of a box-like room "from which the actors cannot leave"[2] It was first staged on 17 May 1924 at the Théâtre de la Cigale in Paris.[3] The play was Tzara's last Dada production.[4]
| Handkerchief of Clouds | |
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| Original language | French |
| Written by | Tristan Tzara |
| Genre | Dada |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 17 May 1924 |
| Place | Théâtre de la Cigale, Paris |
See also
- The Gas Heart, a Dadaist play by Tzara first performed in 1921.