Burkhard Peter

Jean Hollander

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf

A soft-spoken transvestite wanting nothing more than to live as a hausfrau, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf instead was caught uo in the most harrowing dramas of 20th century Europe, surviving both the Nazis and the Communists. This is her exquisitely written biography where she reveals her lifelong pursuit of sexual liberty. With the success of a new play about Charlotte, hailed by The New York Times as the 'most stirring new work to appear on Broadway this fall', her story is reaching an entirely new readership of enthusiastic theatre fans.

The True Story of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf

I Am My Own Wife

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Although Hofmannsthal thought that Die Frau Ohne Schatten was the greatest work on which he and Strauss had ever collaborated, the prose version fascinated him even more. He felt it had "inexhaustible significance, leading into the deepest depth." Told with Hofmannsthal's delicate eye for details of character and setting, this adult fairy tale moves with dramatic urgency to its inevitable conclusion. Since Hofmannsthal himself felt that his libretto could not do justice to the message, it is important that his preferred version is finally made available here in its entirety to an English-speaking audience.

Jean Hollander

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