[ebooks] The Littlest Birds Sing the Prettiest Songs: Folk Music Illustrated by Jennie Smith by Jennie Smith at Arts-Photography

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In 1894; Captain Alfred Dreyfus; an innocent Jewish Officer in the French Army; was convicted on false evidence for a crime of high treason. He was stripped of his rank; publicly degraded and deported to the penal colony of Devils Island to serve a sentence of life imprisonment in total isolation and under inhumane conditions. The fight to prove his innocence was to last 12 years.This trilogy of plays are a dramatic adaptation of this episode in 19th century European history. Also includes an introduction; a chronology of the Dreyfus Affair and an epilogue by the author; My Burning Protest by George Whyte after Emile Zola. The Dreyfus trilogy includes the dramatizations The Dreyfus Affair (premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; 8 May 1994); Dreyfus - JAccuse (premiered at the Oper der Stadt Bonn; 8 September 1999) and Rage and Outrage (premiered by Franco/German TV Channel Arte 18 May 1995).lsquo;An excellent example of how drama can bring alive history. This volume is an important read; and would benefit students of history as well as drama.rsquo; ndash; Ink Pellet