Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) blev i 1920-talets Tyskland känd som fränt radikal lyriker och dramatiker. Efter Hitlers maktövertagande tvingades han lämna landet och under åren 1933 - 1947 levde han i exil, först i Danmark, sedan i Sverige och slutli…

This volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-e…

Arguably Brecht's greatest play, A Life of Galileo charts the seventeenth century scientist's extraordinary fight with the church over his assertion that the earth orbits the sun.The figure of Galileo, whose 'heretical' discoveries about the solar s…

Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s. They dramatise with clinical precision the suspicion and anxiety experienced by ordinary people, particularly Jewish…

Widely celebrated as the greatest German playwright of the twentieth century, Bertolt Brecht was also, as George Steiner observed, "that very rare phenomenon, a great poet". Hugely prolific, Brecht wrote some 2,000 poems and songs-though fewer than…

Die Kunst, Recht zu behalten. Das Lehr- und Übungsbuch von Schopenhauer. Das klassische Lehr- und Übungsbuch, um in allen Diskussionen Sieger zu werden und zu bleiben. 38 Kunstgriffe lehren, wie man den Gegner dialektisch in die Ecke spiel…

Det här är den första av två volymer som tillsammans kommer att innehålla de viktigaste av den ungerske litteraturteoretikern Georg Lukács essäer om realismen i litteraturen. Syftet med att översätta dem är att ge underlag för något som idag ter sig…

Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since, B…

Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since, i…

Now in paperback, the long-awaited volume of Brecht's classic plays from the 1930s Volume 4 of Brecht's Collected Plays contains works from the 1930s, straddling fateful years in German political and cultural history - as well as in Brecht's own lif…

"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" (Observer) Brecht's Lehrstucke or short 'didactic' pieces written during the years 1929 to 1933, are some of his most experimental work. Rejecting conventional theatre, they are spare and hig…

The most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language Volume Three of Brecht's Collected Plays includes St Joan of the Stockyards - a play which recasts St Joan as Joan Dark springing hope into the hearts of fac…

Historier om herr Keuner är en samling korta berättelser och anekdoter, aforismer och kommentarer om politik, vardagsliv och livet i exil. Från 1930 till sin död 1956 skrev Brecht ned dessa ironiska porträtt av sin tid samtidigt som han ”bytte…

"Eine gehörige Portion historisches Haschisch." Flauberts prunkprächtiger Roman Salambo in der "makellosen" (FAZ) Übersetzung von Petra-Susanne Räbel. "Haben Sie schon Salambo gelesen? Diese Frage eröffnet heutzutage jedes G…

Published in English for the first time, Refugee Conversations is a delightful work that reveals Brecht as a master of comic satire. Written swiftly in the opening years of the Second World War, the dialogues have an urgent contemporary relevance to…

Published in English for the first time, Refugee Conversations is a delightful work that reveals Brecht as a master of comic satire. Written swiftly in the opening years of the Second World War, the dialogues have an urgent contemporary relevance to…

Brecht was never inclined to see any of his plays as completely finished, and this volume collects some of the most important theatrical projects and fragments that were always to remain 'works in progress'. Offering an invaluable insight into the w…

Brecht was never inclined to see any of his plays as completely finished, and this volume collects some of the most important theatrical projects and fragments that were always to remain 'works in progress'. Offering an invaluable insight into the w…

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This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflictover possession of a child features an extensiveintroduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion ofthe context, themes, characters, style and language as well…

This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict over possession of a child features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as we…

This Student Edition of Brecht's classic satire on the rise of Hitler features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further…

Described by Brecht as 'a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all', The Resistible Rise of 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…

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 fictional, small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's gree…

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.This sixth volume of Brecht's Collected Plays contains three play…

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.This second volume of Brecht's Collected Plays brings together so…

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. The seventh volume of Brecht's Collected Plays contains the play…

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 translation by Michael Hofmann was published to coincide with the UK tour by English Touring…

MÖCHTE WISSEN, ZU WAS I OMA BIN Alles dreht sich um den kleinen Seppi; Martha kämpft für einen Schrebergarten; Josef macht in Kunst und Martha wird gekündigt. IST DES UNSER BESUCH ODER EURER Dimitra und Nikos haben ein Anliegen;…

Long in preparation and in considerable demand, here are the essential poems and prose of one of the giants of 20th century world literature. Following an authoritative introduction by Reinhold Grimm, the volume includes German and English poems on…

Brechts Gedichte faszinieren durch die Kunst der Lakonik, durch höchste Präzision und Bildkraft. Diese Sammlung hat seit ihrer Erstausgabe 1951 ein millionenfaches Publikumgefunden.SieenthältBrechts bekannteste Gedichte: Balladen, Kin…

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 unique bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translat…

Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources shoul…

Literarische Hauptwerke in drei Medien: - Als Taschenbuchausgabe in der 'Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek' - Als Audio Book - Als CD-ROM Die Taschenbücher enthalten den Originaltext mit Wort- und Sacherläuterungen sowie einen von Fachleuten verfas…

Brecht's operatic play produced with Hauptmann, Neher and Weill was first staged in 1930. The story is that three criminals create the city of Mahagonny. Drinking, gambling, prize-fights and similar activities are the sole occupation of the inhabita…

Mother Courage was first performed in Zurich in 1941 and is usually seen as Brecht's greatest work. Remaining a powerful indictment of war and social injustice, it is an epic drama set in the seventeenth century during the Thirty Years' War. The plo…

This Student Edition of Brecht's anti-war masterpiece features an extensive introduction and commentary that includes a plot summary, discussion of the context, themes, characters, style and language as well as questions for further study and notes…

Pip Broughton has translated the play for The Old Vic with reverence for Brecht an understanding of the social relationships in the play and last but not least with a fine feeling for the language. aAngelika Hurwicz

Ein Katalog zu Brechts Nachlaßbibliothek, die in seiner letzten Wohnung in der Berliner Chausseestraße 125 aufbewahrt wird, hat lange als Desiderat der Forschung gegolten. Das Bertolt- Brecht-Archiv legt jetzt eine annotierte Bibliograph…

Den här våren, som bland annat har präglats av valet till EU-parlamentet, gör Ord&Bild ett temanummer om Europa med fördjupande text och bild kring Europa som funktion, idé och litterär plats. Det handlar bland annat om flyktinglägrens Grekland, att…

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Anna Fierling, an itinerant trader during the seventeenth century, becomes known as "Mother Courage" after the constant warfare gradually claims all of her children

A collection of Brecht's 37 short stories, spanning the years 1921 to 1946. They fall into three groups - those written in Bavaria early in the 1920s, in Berlin before Hitler, and in exile up to World War II.

Even in Germany, the scope and force of Bertolt Brecht's poetry did not become apparent until long after his death and today, many of his more than 2,000 poems have never appeared in English. Love Poems, the first volume in a monumental undertaking…

Even in Germany, the scope and force of Bertolt Brecht's poetry did not become apparent until long after his death and today, many of his more than 2,000 poems have never appeared in English. Love Poems, the first volume in a monumental undertaking…

Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings for directors and theatre practitioners, and is suitable for acting schools, directors, actors, students and teachers of Theatre Studies. Through t…

Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings for directors and theatre practitioners, and is suitable for acting schools, directors, actors, students and teachers of Theatre Studies. Through t…

Now available in Bloomsbury Revelations series, Brecht on Performance: Messingkauf and Modelbooks presents a selection of Brecht's principal writings about the craft of acting and realising texts for the stage. It crystallises and makes concrete man…

Repackaged and reissued, this is Brecht's classic interpretation of John Gay's "The Beggars Opera". It is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, married with the jazz music of Kurt Weill. The text is accompanied…