Brecht Plays 8
The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress
Fiction & Literature, Drama, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Bertolt Brecht | ISBN: | 9781472538567 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | April 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bertolt Brecht |
| ISBN: | 9781472538567 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | April 23, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Language: | English |
The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into English
Volume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play. A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the aftermath of Nazism, it was a radical new experiment in epic theatre. THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE (1949) is a semi-documentary account of the Paris Commune, and Brecht's most serious and ambitious historical play. TURANDOT is Brecht's version of the classic Chinese story is a satire on the intelligentsia of the Weimar Republic, Nazi bureaucracy, and other targets.
The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into English
Volume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play. A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the aftermath of Nazism, it was a radical new experiment in epic theatre. THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE (1949) is a semi-documentary account of the Paris Commune, and Brecht's most serious and ambitious historical play. TURANDOT is Brecht's version of the classic Chinese story is a satire on the intelligentsia of the Weimar Republic, Nazi bureaucracy, and other targets.
