The Good Person of Szechwan. A Parable Play. (A Version Made For the National Theatre, Based on the Santa Moniva Version, 1943).The National Theatre Version

Paperback. The Good Person of Sichuan. Some writing to end inside front cover. Slight wear to cover. Vibrant and hard hitting, this inetensely theatrical tale begins when the gods come to earth in search of a good person. They award money to the prostitute Shen Te but greedy neighbours instantly take advantage of her good nature. To save herself from bankruptcy she has to invent, and then impersonate, a ruthless male cousin Shui Ta. This famous parable was written on the eve of the Second World War. 86 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).