Gas, I (stage play)

'''Kaiser, Georg. Gas, I.''' 1918. Herman Scheffauer, trans. New York: Unger, 1957, 1963.

Second play of GK's Gas trilogy (1917-20): Die Koralle (The Coral), Gas I, Gas II. Set in a gas works that supplies the world with its most important source of energy. A devasting explosion at the works convinces the owner to move away from technology toward a more natural life for fully human human beings. See for motif of workers as cogs in a machine.