Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt
Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative
editions of Brecht's plays in the English language. This sixth volume
of Brecht's Collected Plays contains three plays he wrote while in
exile during the early stages of the Second World War. In Brecht's
famous parable The Good Person of Szechwan, the gods come to earth in
search of a thoroughly good person. No one can be found until they
meet Shen Te, a prostitute with a heart of gold. Rewarded by the gods,
she gives up her profession and buys a tabacco shop but finds it is
impossible to survive as a good person in a corrupt world without the
support of her ruthless alter ego Shui Ta. The Resistible Rise of
Arturo Ui is a savage satire on the rise of Hitler, wittily transposed
to gangland Chicago. Brecht's compelling parable continues to have
relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today. Written in 1940
during Brecht's exile in Finland, Puntila is one of his greatest
creations, to be ranked alongside Galileo and Mother Courage. A
hard-drinking Finnish landowner, Puntila suffers from a divided
personality: when drunk he is human and humane; when sober, surly and
self-centred. The play contains some of the best comedy Brecht wrote
for the theatre. The translations are ideal for both study and
performance. The volume is accompanied by a full introduction and
notes by the series editor John Willett and includes Brecht's own
notes and relevant texts as well as all the important textual
variants.
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9781408162088
Publisert
2015
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Methuen Drama
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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