BOOKS by Bertolt Brecht

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1	Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic more books like this by John Willett (Editor) add to wishlist This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades. The volume demonstrates how the theories of Epic Theatre and Alienation evolved, and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, Galileo and many others of ... see all copies from £2.86! new only from £9.28! \| first editions
2	Galileo more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the Inquisition. Through the dramatic characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £6.49! \| first editions
3	Mother Courage and her children : a chronicle of the Thirty Years War more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! new only from £6.33! \| first editions
4	Mother Courage and Her Children more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist A new translation, by one of Britain's leading modern playwrights, David Hare. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Caucasian Chalk Circle more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist 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. A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war. Order restored, she is ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.01! \| first editions
6	The Threepenny Opera more books like this by Bertolt Bretch, Bertolt Brecht, Desmond Vesey (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
7	The Threepenny Opera more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist THE THREEPENNY OPERA, originally written in German, tells the story of the dashing highwayman Macheath (a.k.a. Mac the Knife) and his ill-fated romance with Polly Peachum, the daughter of a dealer in stolen goods. The 1954 Broadway production of the play, which starred Lotte Lenya and featured music by Kurt Weill, brought the sounds of jazz and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.72! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The life of Galileo more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.93! \| first editions
9	The Good Person of Szechwan more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist Brecht's famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. In it, the gods come to earth in search of enough good people to justify their existence. They find Shen Teh, a good-hearted but penniless prostitute, and make her a gift that enables her to set up her own business. But her ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
10	Good Woman of Setzuan more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist In 1952, Hannah Arendt hailed Bertolt Brecht as "beyond a doubt the greatest living German poet and possibly the greatest living European playwright." His plays, widely taught and studied, are searing critiques of civilizations run amok. During the thirties, the subversive nature of his work sent Brecht from Germany to Scandinavia and later to the ... see all copies from £2.16! new only from £5.10! \| first editions
11	Collected plays. more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist see all copies from £3.55! new only from £15.63! \| first editions
12	Bertolt Brecht Collected Plays more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! first editions
13	The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist An annotated student edition of one of Brecht's most famous plays and a classic of modern literature/theatre. Described by Brecht as "a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all", Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler -- recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's ... see all copies from £8.06! new only from £12.11! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Good Person of Szechwan: Mother Courage and Her Children, Fear and Misery 3rd Reich more books like this by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (Translator), Peter Tegel (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from £6.40!
15 view cover	Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays: Includes: In Search of Justice; Informer; Elephant Calf; Measures Taken; Exception and the Rule; Salzburg Dance of Death more books like this by Bertolt Bretch, Bertolt Brecht, Eric Bentley (Translator) add to wishlist 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. see all copies from £3.30! new only from £3.30!
16 view cover	Mother Courage and Her Children: Adapted by David Hare more books like this by Bertolt Brecht, David Hare (Adapted by) add to wishlist Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her Children" is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling -- "Mother Courage" -- an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the ... see all copies from £8.37! new only from £13.97!
17 view cover	Selected poems more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist A billingual collection showing the range of Brecht's poetry, from the early Manual of Piety to the late Songs, Poems, and Choruses, including songs from his theater works. Translated and introduced by H.R. Hays. see all copies from £2.48! new only from £7.47! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist In this savage and witty parable written in exile in 1941, Brecht recasts the rise of Hitler as a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. This prizewinning translation by Ralph Manheim skilfully captures the wide range of parody and pastiche in the original - from Richard III to Al Capone, from Mark Antony to ... see all copies from £9.37! new only from £9.37!
19 view cover	The Messingkauf dialogues more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist Brecht's most important treatise on theatre 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 ... see all copies from £5.70! new only from £5.70! \| first editions
20 view cover	Antigone more books like this by Bertolt Brecht, Judith Malina (Translator) add to wishlist Sophocles, Holderlin, Brecht and Malina have all left their imprint on this dramatic text. Friedrich Holderlin translated Sophocles into German, Brecht adapted Holderlin and Judith Malina has rendered Brecht's version into an English incarnation. see all copies from £6.92! new only from £7.83!
21 view cover	Threepenny novel more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! first editions
22 view cover	The Threepenny Opera: Methuen Student Edition by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (Translator) add to wishlist One of Brecht's most performed and studied plays, The Threepenny Opera is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. This edition with notes and commentary for students. "One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" (Observer) see all copies from £5.77! new only from £5.77!
23 view cover	Man Equals Man and The Elephant Calf more books like this by Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (Editor), John Willett (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.47! new only from £10.34! \| first editions
24 view cover	The measures taken, and other Lehrstucke more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist The Lehrstucke (or 'learning-plays') lie at the heart of Brechtian theatre Written during 1929 and 1930, years of far-reaching political and economic upheaveal in Germany and the period of Brecht's most sharply Communist works, these short plays show an abrupt rejection of most of the trappings of conventional theatre. The Lehrstucke are spare ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £6.43!
25 view cover	Brecht Collected Plays: Five: Life of Galileo and Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (Editor), Ralph Manheim (Editor) add to wishlist The fifth volume in the Brecht Collected Plays series brings together two of Brecht's best-known and most frequently performed and studied plays: Life of Galileo and Mother Courage and Her Children. Galileo, which examines the conflict between free inquiry and official ideology, contains one of Brecht's most human and complex central characters. ... see all copies from £10.54! new only from £13.02!

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