'Het nobelste deel van een mens is zijn paspoort.’ In 'Gesprekken tussen vluchtelingen' verwerkte Bertolt Brecht zijn eigen ervaringen als balling om de anti-immigratiepolitiek genadeloos bloot leggen.  Meer

This is the first full-length study in any language of Bertolt Brecht's day-to-day work as a theatre director. Professor Fuegi has researched his subject extensively over many years, and this book is the result of interviews with Brecht's closest associates (including Helene Weigel, Angelika Hurwicz, Elisabeth Hauptmann and Hans Bunge), inspection of the unpublished typescripts recording several years of Brecht rehearsals at the Berlin Ensemble, and consultation of archival materials in Moscow, Berlin and Harvard University.  Meer

This book contains selected poems, plays, and prose by Bertolt Brecht taken from various points throughout his career. It includes translations of two prose works and provides some background information on Brecht's life and career.  Meer

Brecht's reputation, which is now world-wide, rests principally on his contribution to political theatre in the twentieth century. He is known, not only for such major plays as Mother Courage and her Children, The Life of Galileo, The Good Person of Szechwan, or The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and for the concepts of 'Epic Theatre' or the 'alienation effect', but also for the exemplary productions with which the Berliner Ensemble scored successes both at its home in East Berlin and on its influential tours throughout Europe.  Meer

Bertolt Brecht’s methods of collective experimentation, and his unique framing of the theatrical event as a forum for change, placed him among the most important contributors to the theory and practice of theatre.  Meer

Bertolt Brecht’s methods of collective experimentation, and his unique framing of the theatrical event as a forum for change, placed him among the most important contributors to the theory and practice of theatre.  Meer

Brecht als Dramatiker, Lyriker, Erzähler und Theoretiker. Brechts Werke werden nach einer allgemeinen Einführung verschiedenen Werkgruppen und Phasen zugeordnet, z.  Meer

Retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers.  Meer

Inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle, and written at the close of World War II, this parable is set in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. It re-tells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed and fought over by two women.  Meer

Volume four of "Brecht's Collected Plays" contains works from the 1930s, straddling fateful years in German political and cultural history - as well as Brecht's own life.  Meer

This play depicts the Renaissance scientist Galilei Galileo in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo comes in conflict with the Inquisition and must publicly abjure his theories.  Meer

A reissue of Brecht's classic play written in exile. In this savage and witty parable, the rise of Hitler is recast as a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade.  Meer

One of a series of eight, this volume features the plays The Good Person of Szechwan, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and Mr Puntila and his Man Matti.  Meer

A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. This version by Frank McGuinness is published to coincide with the National Theatre's production touring the UK.  Meer

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Meer