Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-324) and indexes.
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Brecht's Germany : 1898-1933 / Eve Rosenhaft -- Brecht's lives / Peter Thomson -- Brecht and cabaret / Oliver Double & Michael Wilson -- Brecht's early plays / Tony Meech -- The threepenny opera / Stephen McNeff -- Brecht's clowns : Man is man and after / Joel Schechter -- Learning for a new society : the Lehrstück / Roswitha Mueller -- The good person of Szechwan / Christopher Mccullough -- Mother courage and her children / Robert Leach -- Life of Galileo : between contemplation and the command to participate / Cathy Turner -- The Caucasian chalk circle : the view from Europe / Maria Shevtsova -- Brecht and the Berliner ensemble : the making of a model / Carl Weber -- Revolutionising theatre : Brecht's reinvention of the dramaturg / Mary Luckhurst -- Key words in Brecht's theory and the practice of theatre / Peter Brooker -- Brecht's poetry / Philip Thomson -- Brecht and music : theory and practice / Kim H. Kowalke -- Brecht and stage design: the Bühnenbildner and the Bühnenbauer / Christopher Baugh -- Actors on Brecht / Margaret Eddershaw -- Brecht and film / Martin Brady.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This edition retains much that was in the original, and also introduces new voices and themes. The essays bring together the views of major critics and active practitioners. A calendar of Brecht's life and work and a selective biography of English criticism complete this overview of a writer who constantly aimed to provoke.
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Brecht, Bertolt,1898-1956-- Criticism and interpretation.
Brecht, Bertolt-- Criticism and interpretation.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
Brecht, Bertolt,(1898-1956)-- Critique et interprétation.