Peter Ustinov
3) Five plays
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1965.
Language
English
Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
An anthology of humorous stories with international settings. In The Loneliness of Billiwoonga, a Jewish death camp survivor in Australia finds himself doing business with a Nazi, Dreams of Papua is a spoof on a meeting of Soviet and American presidents, and the Assassins is on retired killers in France.
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
Description
In the conference room of a four-power zone in Germany, four Colonels, representing their respective countries, The United States, England, France, and Russia, are apparently getting nowhere with their negotiations except deeper into a mess of red tape. A man called the Wicked Fairy drops in on them and invites them to accompany him to a nearby castle, which they do. Soon joined by the Good Fairy, at the castle they discover The Sleeping Beauty. Each...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1961]
Language
English
Description
"The drawings and descriptions in this book can best be described by a German term, 'galgenhumor,' the Joke from the gallows. The subject matter is death and murder, concentration camps and mass destruction. The descriptions are the excuses given by Nazis in their defenses. The arguments in the Eichmann trial seem very real when you read: 'As a diplomat I had no control over what they put In my bag. In any case, I'm Austrian.' Peter Ustinov presents...
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
"The tale of the common soldier who is about to be buried with honors but who, on investigation, turns out to be the same fall-guy throughout the world's history, dragging his wife along with him. As a matter of fact, the general we first meet, the one who is so busy arranging the television cameras correctly, turns out as well to be the same indifferent and reckless warrior throughout history. And the same priest keeps turning up too. Over and over...
18) We're no angels
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Three convicts, Joseph, Albert and Jules, are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly but inept Felix and his family. Felix manages a store for his arrogant cousin Andre, who makes the fatal mistake of stealing Albert's pet, a poisonous snake. After resolving Felix's problems, the convicts return to prison, convinced that the world is much too wicked.
20) Spartacus
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
