Forfatter fødeår: 1898-1956
Små ironiske prosastykker med morale. Her i en komplet oversættelse til dansk.
Brecht arbejdede på sit ufuldendte drama, Egoistens Johann Fatzers undergang fra 1926 og frem til sin død. I 1978 fik Heiner Müller adgang til det store tekstmateriale... Læs mere
"Svendborgdigte" blev skrevet under Bert Brechts eksil fra nazityskland 1933-39, hvor han boede i Karen Michaëlis hus i Svendborg. Digtene har ikke før i sin helhed været udgivet på... Læs mere
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 Willett and 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. Included are Brecht's own notes and commentary by John Willett and Ralph Manheim.
Brecht's 'learning plays', designed as short training pieces for actors, derive from the period of Brecht's most sharply Communist works.
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 by Brecht's original notes.
In Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition of Brecht's anti-war masterpiece translated by John Willett features an extensive introduction and Brecht's notes and textual variants.
A new readable and accessible translation of Brecht's satirical masterpiece by Alistair Beaton, published to coincide with the world premiere by Shared Experience. Written by... Læs mere
This play depicts the Renaissance scientist Galilei Galileo in a brutal struggle for freedom from authoritarian dogma. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo comes in conflict with the Inquisition and must publicly abjure his theories.