Arguably Brecht's greatest play, A Life of Galileo charts the
seventeenth century scientist's extraordinary fight with the church
over his assertion that the earth orbits the sun. The figure of
Galileo, whose 'heretical' discoveries about the solar system brought
him to the attention of the Inquisition, is one of Brecht's more human
and complex creations. Temporarily silenced by the Inquisition's
threat of torture, and forced to abjure his theories publicly, Galileo
continues to work in private, eventually smuggling his work out of the
country. Brecht's beautiful depiction of the explosive struggle
between scientific discovery and religious fundamentalism is captured
masterfully in this new translation by RSC writer-in-residence, Mark
Ravenhill.
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ISBN
9781472508034
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
Methuen Drama
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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