Handkerchief of Clouds

Handkerchief of Clouds: A Tragedy in Fifteen Acts (French: Mouchoir de Nuages) is a French-language Dadaist play by Romanian-born author Tristan Tzara.^[1] Tzara described it as an "ironic tragedy" or a "tragic farce", composed of 15 short acts, each with an accompanying commentary, with a strong influence from "the serialized novel and the cinema."^[2] Its action, he continues, should be staged on a platform in the centre of a box-like room "from which the actors cannot leave"^[2] It was first staged on 17 May 1924 at the Théâtre de la Cigale in Paris.^[3] The play was Tzara's last Dada production.^[4]

Handkerchief of Clouds
Written by	Tristan Tzara
Date premiered	17 May 1924 (1924-05-17)
Place premiered	Théâtre de la Cigale, Paris
Original language	French
Genre	Dada

See also

• The Gas Heart, a Dadaist play by Tzara first performed in 1921.