The Street of Crocodiles

The Street of Crocodiles

"The Street of Crocodiles" ( _pl. Sklepy cynamonowe, lit. "Cinnamon Shops") is a 1934 collection of short stories written by Bruno Schulz. First published in Polish, the collection was translated into English by Celina Wieniewska in 1963. [cite web| url = http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/schulz.htm| title = Bruno Schulz (1892-1942)| accessdate = 2007-04-03]

Adaptations

A 1986 Brothers Quay stop-motion animation, "Street of Crocodiles", is based on the book. The work was also adapted, in 1992, as a stage play, by Theatre de Complicite. [cite web| url = http://www.complicite.org/productions/detail.html?id=14| title = Productions: The Street of Crocodiles| accessdate = 2007-04-03| publisher = Complicite] This latter adaptation was first staged in August 1992 at the Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre in London; it toured throughout 1992 and 1993 and was nominated for four Olivier Awards.

References

External links

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* ISBN 978-0140186253 — Penguin 20th Century Classics edn.


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