The Iron Heel Book
The stage adaptation of Jack London's 1908 novel. The first modern dystopian novel, written by London as a socialist propaganda piece. Adapted by Edward Einhorn.
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An election between a socialist candidate and an oligarch. What happens if the oligarch wins? Avis Everhard's diary provides the story of her husband Ernest, a young socialist revolutionary who gets caught up in historical events. Together, they try to resist the rise of a fascist America, under the Iron Heel of the oligarchs. The play is frameworked as a 27th Century Historical Reenactment Drama, presented in the socialist utopia London predicted in his prologue and footnotes. As onstage “historian”, Antonia Meredith, comments on the events throughout. The play is punctuated by classic folk songs, with changed lyrics that comment on the action.
136 pages
$14.95
ISBN 0-9988735-0-3
Reviews of the production
5 STARS "This well-acted, cleverly executed production is a mind-bending tour de force of ideas, as only Einhorn can deliver, with darkly twisting humor and swaths of realism thrown in to perplex.."
— Carole DiTosti,
blogcritics
"As Ernest in The Iron Heel, Charles J. Ouda is the most compelling prophet I've ever seen portrayed...this is perhaps Einhorn's most emotionally immediate work."
— Adam McGovern,
HiLoBrow
“[The Iron Heel] serves up food for thought with an appealing heart-on-sleeve warmth. You may well find yourself humming some of those tunes on the way out."