CONTENTS Xiii Xxxi Paid on Both Sides

Home , On the Frontier, Paid on Both Sides, The Dog Beneath the Skin

CONTENTS

PREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi INTRODUCTION xiii THE TEXT OF THIS EDITION xxxi

PLAYS Paid on Both Sides [first version] (1928), by Auden 3 Paid on Both Sides [second version] (1928), by Auden 14 The Enemies of a Bishop (1929), by Auden and Isherwood 35 The Dance of Death (1933), by Auden 81 The Chase (1934), by Auden 109 The Dog Beneath the Skin (1935), by Auden and Isherwood 189 The Ascent of F 6 (1936), by Auden and Isherwood 293 On the Frontier (1937-38), by Auden and Isherwood 357

DOCUMENTARY FILMS Coal Face (1935) 421 Night Mail (1935) 422 Negroes (1935) 424 Beside the Seaside (1935) 429 The Way to the Sea (1936) 430 The Londoners (1938?) 433

CABARET AND WIRELESS Alfred (1936) 437 Hadrian's Wall (7937) 441

APPENDICES I Auden and Isherwood's "Preliminary Statement" (1929) 459 1. The "Preliminary Statement" 459 2. Auden's "Suggestions for the Play" 462 VI CONTENTS

II The Fronny: Fragments of a Lost Play (1930) 464 III Auden and the Group Theatre, by M J Sldnell 490 IV Auden and Theatre at the Downs School 503 V Two Reported Lectures 510 Poetry and FIlm (1936) 511 The Future of Enghsh Poetic Drama (1938) 513

fEXTUAL NOTES PaId on Both SIdes 525 The EnemIes of a BIshop 530 The Dance of Death 534 1 History, Editions, and Text 534 2 Auden's SynopsIs 542 The Chase 543 The Dog Beneath the Skm 553 1 History, Authorship, Texts, and EditIOns 553 2 Isherwood's Scenano for a New Version of The Chase 557 3 The Pubhshed Text and the Text Prepared for Production 566 4 The First (Pubhshed) Version of the Concludmg Scene 572 5 Isherwood's Suggestions for a New Concludmg Scene 586 6 The Production VersIOn of the Concludmg Scene 588 The Ascent of F 6 598 1 History, Authorship, Texts, and Edmons 598 2 The First Enghsh Edmon 602 3 The Lord Chamberlam's Copy and the Amencan Edmon 625 4 The Second Enghsh Edmon, With Notes on the Text of the Present Edmon 629 5 The VersIOns Produced by the Group Theatre m 1937 631 6 The Revised Endmgs Wntten m 1939 638 7 Auden's Revised Endmg Wntten m 1945 650 On the FrontIer 653 History, Authorship, Texts, and Editions 653 2 The Lost FIrSt VersIOn 654 3 The Pubhshed Text and the Production Text 660 Documentary FIlms 665 Coal Face 665 Night MaIl 666 Negroes 669 CONfENl S VII

BesIde the Seaside 670 The Way to the Sea 671 The Londoners 671 Other Films 672 Cabaret and Wireless 674 Alfred 674 Hadnan's Wall 674

INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES 677