The Messingkauf dialogues are the longest but in some ways the most light hearted of all Brecht's discussions of theatre. Here Actor, Actress, Dramaturg (or literary adviser) and Electrician argue with the Brechtian Philosopher who wants to exploit their talent for his own purposes. The result is a lively debate about the place of art in society.
The Messingkauf dialogues are the longest but in some ways the most light hearted of all Brecht's discussions of theatre. Here Actor, Actress, Dram...
Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English. Me-ti counselled against 'constructing too complete images of the world'. For this work of fragments and episodes, Brecht accumulated anecdotes, poems, personal stories and assessments of contemporary politics. Given its controversial nature, he sought a disguise, using the name of a Chinese contemporary of Socrates, known today as Mozi. Stimulated by his humorous aphoristic style and social focus, as well as an engrained Chinese awareness of the flow of things, Brecht...
Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English. Me-ti counselled against...
Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English. Me-ti counselled against 'constructing too complete images of the world'. For this work of fragments and episodes, Brecht accumulated anecdotes, poems, personal stories and assessments of contemporary politics. Given its controversial nature, he sought a disguise, using the name of a Chinese contemporary of Socrates, known today as Mozi. Stimulated by his humorous aphoristic style and social focus, as well as an engrained Chinese awareness of the flow of things, Brecht...
Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English. Me-ti counselled against...
A program text edition of Brecht's famous parable, this new translation by David Harrower was published to accompany the production at the Young Vic, London, in May 2008 and is based on a previously unpublished version of Brecht's play.
Three Gods are on a journey to find out if there are any good people left on earth. Only Shen Te, a good-hearted prostitute, offers them shelter. With the money they give her she opens a tobacco shop. At once everyone needs her help. Her livelihood is in danger. Worse, she is falling in love with Sun, a pilot, who is robbing her blind. Her hard...
A program text edition of Brecht's famous parable, this new translation by David Harrower was published to accompany the production at the Young Vi...
These six plays represent the best and most humorous of Brecht's shorter works. The Jewish Wife is from the Fear and Misery in the Third Reich cycle of one-act plays, which, along with In Search of Justice and The Informer, chromicles the hardships of life in Nazi Germany.
These six plays represent the best and most humorous of Brecht's shorter works. The Jewish Wife is from the Fear and Misery in the Third Reich cycle o...
Full Length, Drama w/music / 18m, 5f, extras /Int./5 Exts.This German play was written in 1939 and was first produced in Zurich in 1941. In America, it was published in English right away (1941, by New Directions) but did not reach Broadway till 1963 - in a memorable production directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Anne Bancroft. It had, of course, by that time been produced to much acclaim all over the world.When Bertolt Brecht directed the play in Munich (1950), Eric Bentley, Assistant Director, at his bidding started to translate the play into English. He was eventually to make several...
Full Length, Drama w/music / 18m, 5f, extras /Int./5 Exts.This German play was written in 1939 and was first produced in Zurich in 1941. In America, i...
(Applause Books). "Pip Broughton has translated the play for The Old Vic with reverence for Brecht, an understanding of the social relationships in the play and last but not least with a fine feeling for the language." Angelika Hurwicz
(Applause Books). "Pip Broughton has translated the play for The Old Vic with reverence for Brecht, an understanding of the social relationships in th...
Bertolt Brechts Todestag jhrt sich am 14. August 2006 zum fnfzigsten Mal. Die vorliegende Ausgabe enthlt auf 4000 Seiten einen reprsentativen Querschnitt aus seinem umfangreichen Werk.Zwei Bnde bieten die groen Stcke Brechts (von Baal aus dem Jahr 1919 bis zu Der kaukasische Kreidekreis). In je einem Band wird eine Auswahl seiner Lyriksammlungen und schnsten Einzelgedichte, seiner vielschichtigen erzhlerischen Prosa sowie der wichtigsten theoretischen Schriften zu Theater, Medien, Philosophie und Zeitgeschehen prsentiert.Allen Texten, die der Groen kommentierten Berliner und Frankfurter...
Bertolt Brechts Todestag jhrt sich am 14. August 2006 zum fnfzigsten Mal. Die vorliegende Ausgabe enthlt auf 4000 Seiten einen reprsentativen Querschn...
Diese Ausgabe ergänzt den ersten Baal-Band der edition suhrkamp (es 170), in dem die erste (1918), die zweite (1919) und die vierte Fassung (1926) des Stücks kritisch herausgegeben sind. Im vorliegenden Band wird die fünfte, letzte Fassung (1955) des Baal abgedruckt; zudem sind alle Vorformen und Entwürfe - u. a. das Fragment Der böse Baal der asoziale - sowie die Äußerungen Brechts zum Stück ediert. Einen Hauptteil bildet der kritische Apparat mit einer Darstellung der Textgeschichte, auch der dritten Fassung (1922), und Erläuterungen zu den einzelnen Texten. In einem...
Diese Ausgabe ergänzt den ersten Baal-Band der edition suhrkamp (es 170), in dem die erste (1918), die zweite (1919) und die vierte Fassung (1926) de...
