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Bertolt Brecht
Methuen Drama (A&C Black) is the exclusive publisher of Bertolt Brecht’s dramatic work in the English Language in the UK and Commonwealth.
Series Editor: Tom Kuhn (University of Oxford)
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Critical Editions
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
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 mothers.
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Fear and Misery in the Third Reich
Bertolt Kuhn Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Tom Kuhn
This text is Brecht's series of 24 inter-connected playlets that describe events which took place in German households before his own exile in 1936. They describe the suspicion and anxiety experienced by people as the power of Hitler grew.
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Good Person Of Szechwan
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
Repackaged and reissued, this is Brecht's classic parable, set in an unjust society where good can only survive by means of evil. It is accompanied by Brecht's own notes and extensive commentary from John Willet and Ralph Manheim.
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Life Of Galileo
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
This play depicts the Renaissance scientist Galilei Galileo in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma.
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Messingkauf Dialogues
Bertolt Brecht
Written between 1939-1942 The Messingkauf Dialogues are among the most concise, witty and light-hearted of all Brecht's theoretical discussions of theatre.
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
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.
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
Part of the 'Modern plays' series aimed at the burgeoning readership of young theatregoers, this title and five others are reissued, representing the range and vitality of the list of 170 titles in print .
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by Steve Giles
The story of three criminals who create the city of Mahagonny. Drinking, gambling, prize-fights and similar activities are the sole occupation of the inhabitants, and money rules. Mahagonny is threatened by a hurricane at the end of Act 1, which despite much anticipation and causing much distress simply bypasses the city. In Act 2 following the hurricane nothing is forbidden and various scenes of debauchery occur.
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The Threepenny Opera
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
Repackaged and reissued, this is Brecht's classic interpretation of John Gay's 'The Beggars Opera'.
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Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
Bertolt Brecht
Written when the Brecht's were in exile in Finland, Mr Puntila and his Man Matti is based on a Finnish text and is arguably Brecht's finest comedy. It is the story of a master who wishes to swap roles with his servant; in a series of hilarious scenes, Brecht milks the possibilities for role-reversal and mistaken identity that this situation affords.
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Single Play Editions
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht
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.
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Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke
Bertolt Brecht
Showing at the Liverpool Playhouse from 13 April — 5 May. Visit www.everymanplayhouse.comfor full details.
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht’s best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This new translation by Michael Hofmann is published to coincide with the national tour by English Touring Theatre.
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
This is David Hare's version of Brecht's classic play which was premiered by the National Theatre, London, in November 1995.
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Student Editions
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Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht, Hugh Rorrison
Edited by Hugh Rorrison
This volume contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases.
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The Life Of Galileo
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by Hugh Rorrison
In John willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by Hugh Rorrison
One of Brecht's most famous plays and a classic of modern literature/theatre.
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Threepenny Opera
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett, Ralph Manheim
Authoritative student edition of Brecht''s most performed play. A vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock Victorian Soho.
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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Bertolt Brecht
Edited by Non Worral
Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', this play 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 greengrocery trade.
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Collected Plays
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Brecht Collected Plays: 1
Bertolt Brecht
One of a series of eight, this volume features 'Baal', 'Drums in the Night', 'In the Jungle of Cities', 'The Life of Edward II of England'; and five one-act plays - 'A Respectable Wedding', 'The Beggar or the Dead Dog', 'Driving out a Devil', 'Lux in Tenebris' and 'The Catch'.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 2
Bertolt Brecht
One of a series of eight, this volume features 'Man Equals Man', 'The Elephant Calf', 'The Threepenny Opera', 'The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny', and 'The Seven Deadly Sins'. It includes extensive notes, as well as variant versions and relevant texts by Brecht himself.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 3
Bertolt Brecht
Volume three of 'Brecht''s Collected Plays' brings together in paperback volume 3.i and volume 3.ii of the hardback series. Also included are Brecht''s own notes and textual variants.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 3.2
Bertolt Brecht
'One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century' (Observer)
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Brecht Collected Plays: 4
Bertolt Brecht
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. The plays included tackle the Nazi race policy and life under Hitler, the Spanish Civil War and pacifism.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 4
Bertolt Brecht
This volume of 'Brecht''s Collected Plays' contains works from the 1930s, covering fateful years in German political and cultural history - as well as in Brecht''s own life. The two short plays are the 'Dansen' and 'How Much is Your Iron?', designed for amateurs in Scandinavia
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Brecht Plays: 5
Bertolt Brecht
This volume brings together two of Brecht's plays, 'Life of Galileo' and 'Mother Courage and Her Children'. 'Galileo' examines the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology. In 'Mother Courage' the heroine clings to the source of her livelihood, as war rages around her.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 6
Bertolt Brecht
One of a planned series of eight, this volume features 'The Good Person of Szechwan', 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui', and 'Mr Puntila and his Man Matti'. It also contains extensive notes, as well as variant versions and relevant texts by Brecht himself.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 7
Bertolt Brecht
One of a planned series of eight, this volume features 'The Visions of Simone Machard', 'Schweyk in the Second World War', 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' and Brecht''s adaptation of 'The Duchess of Malfi'. It also contains extensive notes, as well as relevant texts by Brecht himself.
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Brecht Plays 8
Bertolt Brecht
This volume contains a selection of Brecht''s last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. It contains ''The Antigone of Sophocles'', ''The Days of the Commune'', ''Turandot or The Whitewashers'' Congress''.
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Brecht Collected Plays: 8
Bertolt Brecht
Volume eight of Brecht''s plays contains his last completed plays, from the years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. 'Antigone' and 'Turandot' are adaptations of the classic stories, while 'The Days of the Commune' is a semi-documentary account.
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Theory and Criticism
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Bertolt Brecht Journals, 1934-55
Bertolt Brecht
Brecht's 'Work Journals' cover the period from 1938 to 1955, the years of exile and his return to East Berlin. The accounts of his writing practice provide insight into the creation of his dramatic works, the development of his political thinking and his theories about epic theatre.
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Brecht: A Choice Of Evils
Martin Esslin
A brilliantly perceptive study of the most ambiguous and perceptually fascinating figure of the twentieth-century European theatre.
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Brecht In Context
J Willett
The second revised edition of this study in which Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner but Brecht the writer and man of his time, with chapters on his relationships and attitudes to politics, English and American literature, Expressionism, music, art and cinema, as well as to figures such as Auden, Kipling and Piscator.
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Brecht On Art & Politics
Bertolt Brecht
With each section beginning with a short introductory essay summarizing Brecht''s thought in the relevant year, this volume contains new translations to extend our image of one of the 20th century''s most entertaining and thought-provoking writers on culture, aesthetics and politics.
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Brecht On Film & Radio
Bertolt Brecht
This text includes all of Brecht''s theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written between 1919 and 1956 as well as all of his important screenplays produced during the 1920''s and 1930''s.
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Brecht On Theatre
Bertolt Brecht
This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decade.
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Empedocles Shoe
Bertolt Brecht
Brecht is an important lyrical voice of the 20th century, and is honoured as Germany''s greatest modern poet. Yet his poetry is relativley little known in the English speaking world.
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A Guide To The Plays Of Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Stephen Unwin provides a clear and readable guide to Brecht's plays that will prove invaluable to the student, teacher and theatre practitioner. Grouping and analysing plays chronologically according to their context, Unwin also considers Brecht's theory and looks at his impact and the legacy that he left.
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The Theatre Of Bertolt Brecht
John Willett
This study of Brecht's theatre, first published in 1959, traces his stylistic development as a playwright and stage director through each of his major plays and explains his evolving notion of epic theatre within the political and social climate of the 1920s, Marxism, Nazism and post-war Communism.
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