About this title: First staged in 1963, The Deputy stirred up more controversy and caused greater repercussions than any other postwar work when it was first published. Its treatment of Pius XII - the "deputy" of Christ on earth - and the Church during the Nazi persecution of the Jews rendered it the object of impassioned praise and violent denunciation. It is a ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In good dust jacket. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. some wear to cover; RTB198. Text in English, German. 352 p. 21 cm. A play. Includes the author's "Sidelights on history" (p. 287-352) Bibliographical references included in footnotes. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. 352 p.p. clean, yellowing slightly from age. tight cover shows some ware., The most controversial bestseller of our time. complete with the author's sidelights on history. First Paperback Edition 1964. Stated Third Printing, good condition, no marks, cover shows only slight ware., rubbing at spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780394171258ISBN:039417125X
Description: Good in Unknown jacket. Good to Very Good 039417125X Tight spine, some cover and edge wear and name written inside of front cover. Tanning pages. "The full, uncut text of the explosive drama complete with the author's sidelights on history. " Foreward by Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Fiction. (#40800) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New York: Grove Press, 1964
Date Published: 1964
Description: Fair. Yellow with age. Small water marks on bottom of book. First paperback edition. Name on inside of cover. Thanks for shopping at Peaceful Valley Homestead. read more
"The Deputy was a very difficult read, for a couple of reasons. First, it is an overly long play. If it were to be put on the stage in it's entirety, it would be a 7 hour production. Hochhuth isn't a playwright, so the stage directions are a bit awkward and unhelpful in some places. I also have a hard time reading straight dialog for that many pages, and I struggled to get through it. However, it is the subject matter that makes The Deputy very difficult. It is a fictional account of historical events from the Holocaust and the Catholic church. The main characters are created, but the history is not. Some sections are like pulling teeth. Hochhuth makes his charges against the catholic institution very bluntly. Even if you aren't a catholic, it is uncomfortable. All you need is a conscience to feel embarrassed and anguished by the Pope's choice to do nothing when the catholic institution could have made an extremely important difference in reducing the number of people lost to the Final Solution.
It is an important piece of literature, and remains relevant and provocative. It can be applied to a plethora of current issues, because it simply asks: When is it Our responsibility to act for those who cannot help themselves? Darfur, child abuse, etc."
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