Munich and Theatrical Modernism : Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1, Hardcover by Jelavich, Peter, ISBN 0674588355, ISBN-13 9780674588356, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This is the first cultural exploration of playwriting, directing, acting, and theater architecture in fin-de-siècle Munich. Peter Jelavich examines the commercial, political, and cultural tensions that fostered modernism’s artistic revolt against the classical and realistic modes of nineteenth-century drama.