A play written during Brecht's exile to the United States and set in pre-Communist China. It is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation and reality, between love and practicality, and between her own needs and those of her friends and neighbours
A play written during Brecht's exile to the United States and set in pre-Communist China. It is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation and...
The plays are "Concord, "a comedy based on Kleist s "The Broken Jug; The Fall of the Amazons, "a tragedy from the Kleist "Penthesilea; "and "Wannsee, "a tragicomedy, Bentley s rendering of "Das Katchen von Heilbronn.
Concord "is set in a courthouse during the early days of the Republic. Convened to discover who broke an irreplaceable jug symbolic of the chivalric age of Sir Walter Raleigh, Judge Adam s madcap court flounders in hilarious chaos induced by comic lust."
The Fall of the Amazons "is the story of Achilles and the Amazon queen Penthesilea. In this pagan play, Bentley explores...
The plays are "Concord, "a comedy based on Kleist s "The Broken Jug; The Fall of the Amazons, "a tragedy from the Kleist "Penthesilea; "and "Wannse...
The plays are "Concord, "a comedy based on Kleist s "The Broken Jug; The Fall of the Amazons, "a tragedy from the Kleist "Penthesilea; "and "Wannsee, "a tragicomedy, Bentley s rendering of "Das Katchen von Heilbronn.
Concord "is set in a courthouse during the early days of the Republic. Convened to discover who broke an irreplaceable jug symbolic of the chivalric age of Sir Walter Raleigh, Judge Adam s madcap court flounders in hilarious chaos induced by comic lust."
The Fall of the Amazons "is the story of Achilles and the Amazon queen Penthesilea. In this pagan play, Bentley explores...
The plays are "Concord, "a comedy based on Kleist s "The Broken Jug; The Fall of the Amazons, "a tragedy from the Kleist "Penthesilea; "and "Wannse...
First published in 1967 The Theatre of Commitment presents miscellaneous collection of seven essays written over fifteen years. Eric Bentley deals with themes like is the drama an extinct species; the American drama; what is theatre; the pro and con of political theatre; letter to a would-be playwright and the theatre of commitment. For most people, theatre of commitment is political theater, though Bentley indicates that the word commitment is broad enough to embrace the work of any serious writer even if the commitment is to non-commitment. This is an interesting read for students...
First published in 1967 The Theatre of Commitment presents miscellaneous collection of seven essays written over fifteen years. Eric Bentley...
