Orwell Vs Kafka - The Man Who Disappeared [Drama]

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After a mysterious family scandal, the young immigrant Karl Rossman is expelled from his Bohemian home and dispatched to America by his parents. Adrift in this strange new world, Karl is soon swept up in an America that is by turns a land of endless promise and monstrous brutality.

The Man Who Disappeared (also known as Amerika) was Franz Kafka's first attempt at a novel but remained unfinished at the time of his death and only published posthumously. Kafka had never visited America and the fantastical world of his novel is clearly inspired by the myths and fears wrapped up in the country's great economic boom of the early 20th century, particularly the rapid rise of big business and industrialisation.

Jacob . . . . . Karl Johnson

Mr Green . . . . . Ed Gaughan

Klara . . . . . Anna Spearpoint

Kafka's dark comedy about an innocent's misadventures in early 20th century America.

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Following a mysterious family scandal, the young immigrant Karl Rossman is expelled from his Bohemian home and dispatched to America by his parents. Adrift in this strange new world, Karl is soon swept up in an America that is by turns a land of endless promise and monstrous brutality.

When Karl first arrives in New York, his rich Uncle Jacob takes him under his wing and introduces him to big business and high society. But, for reasons not entirely clear to him, Karl falls foul of the social customs of his new home and is forced to seek his own fortune. On the road, he befriends fellow immigrants Delamarche and Robinson and together they head West in search of opportunuty. But it's not long before he becomes aware of their malign intentions and when they reach the colossal Hotel Occidental, Karl manages to find work as a lift boy and give his travelling companions the slip.

Brundelda . . . . . Jasmine Hyde

Catling . . . . . Ewan Bailey

Giancomo . . . . . Anna Spearpoint

Kafka's dark comedy about an innocent's misadventures in early 20th-century America.

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01	20240616	After a mysterious family scandal, the young immigrant Karl Rossman is expelled from his Bohemian home and dispatched to America by his parents. Adrift in this strange new world, Karl is soon swept up in an America that is by turns a land of endless promise and monstrous brutality. The Man Who Disappeared (also known as Amerika) was Franz Kafka's first attempt at a novel but remained unfinished at the time of his death and only published posthumously. Kafka had never visited America and the fantastical world of his novel is clearly inspired by the myths and fears wrapped up in the country's great economic boom of the early 20th century, particularly the rapid rise of big business and industrialisation. Jacob . . . . . Karl Johnson Mr Green . . . . . Ed Gaughan Klara . . . . . Anna Spearpoint Kafka's dark comedy about an innocent's misadventures in early 20th century America.
02	20240623	Following a mysterious family scandal, the young immigrant Karl Rossman is expelled from his Bohemian home and dispatched to America by his parents. Adrift in this strange new world, Karl is soon swept up in an America that is by turns a land of endless promise and monstrous brutality. When Karl first arrives in New York, his rich Uncle Jacob takes him under his wing and introduces him to big business and high society. But, for reasons not entirely clear to him, Karl falls foul of the social customs of his new home and is forced to seek his own fortune. On the road, he befriends fellow immigrants Delamarche and Robinson and together they head West in search of opportunuty. But it's not long before he becomes aware of their malign intentions and when they reach the colossal Hotel Occidental, Karl manages to find work as a lift boy and give his travelling companions the slip. Brundelda . . . . . Jasmine Hyde Catling . . . . . Ewan Bailey Giancomo . . . . . Anna Spearpoint Kafka's dark comedy about an innocent's misadventures in early 20th-century America.