Twilight of the Gods: Nietzsche contra Wagner

by Julian Doyle

RICHARD WAGNER and FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE were friends but on the day of Wagner's greatest triumph, the opening of his Opera House at Bayreuth, NIETZSCHE walked away from the friendship and later threatened to kill WAGNER. Soon after these events WAGNER died and NIETZSCHE went mad spending the last ten years of his life in a permanent state of catatonia. Recently the extraordinary detail of the quarrel between the two giants of 19th Century culture has come to light and is dramatically dealt with in this THEATRICAL PLAY.

92 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 2009

About the author

Julian Doyle is one of the worlds most versatile Film Makers. He has Written, Directed, Photographed, Edited and created Fxs all to the highest standards. His range goes from writing a play ‘Twilight of the Gods’ to winning awards for directing pop videos such as Kate Bush’s ‘Cloudbusting’ featuring Donald Sutherland and Iron Maiden’s ‘Play with Madness’. He is most famous for editing Monty Python’s Films and shooting the Fx’s for Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’, which he also edited. He has just completed the film of Chemical Wedding featuring Simon Callow. He can be seen in ‘Holy Grail’ playing the Policeman who puts his hand over the lens to bring the film to an end.

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