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.
His landmark plays include Mother Courage and Her Children, The Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle..
About the Author: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre.
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.
The translations are ideal for both study and performance.
A morality masterpiece, the play powerfully demonstrates Brecht\'s pioneering theatrical techniques and has since become one of his most popular works.
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle, based on the biblical story of the judgement of Solomon, was originally written for production on Broadway, with W.
Schweyk in the Second World War transposes Hasek\'s \'good soldier\' to the Prague of Hitler and Heydrich.
The Visions of Simone Machard is a French resistance version of the Joan of Arc story.
The seventh volume of Brecht\'s Collected Plays contains the plays which Brecht wrote during his six-year stay in the United States from 1942 to 1948.
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
