The first three texts in the collected works of the Caravan of Dreams Touring Theater span the world’s literature. The epic of Gilgamesh — created in the Sumerian cradle of civilization — is the earliest story we know, yet contains the deepest question man can ask: “How can I transcend death?” The story of Marouf the Cobbler is an oriental tale taken from the works of Sir Richard Burton, dedicated to the genius of the world-renowned storyteller Scheherazade. Goethe’s Faust needs no introduction — the translation of Part One in this collection is pungent and unusual.
The Caravan of Dreams Touring Theater — also known as the “Theater of All Possibilities” — was founded in 1967 by director Kathelin Gray and dramaturge Johnny Dolphin.
Plays included: Gilgamesh • Marouf The Cobbler • Faust Part 1
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Why this book matters
- Three of humanity’s greatest stories — Gilgamesh, Marouf the Cobbler, and Faust — reimagined for the stage by one of the most adventurous theater companies of the 20th century
- The Caravan of Dreams Touring Theater, founded in 1967, brought the “Theater of All Possibilities” to life — a theater of ideas, energies, and the full range of human intention
- Gilgamesh — the earliest story we know — opens the collection with the deepest question: how can we transcend death?
- A pungent and unusual translation of Goethe’s Faust Part 1 that brings new life to a canonical text
- An essential document of a visionary theater tradition that stretched the boundaries of performance and the imagination
