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Paperback. Condition: Fair. This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology 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 on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht'sgreatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resisthis appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's hereticaldiscoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of theInquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventuallyhelping to smuggle his writings out of the country.As anexamination of the problems that face not only the scientist but alsothe whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with therequirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileowas first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a versionjointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the titlerole. Printed here is the complete translation by John Willett.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - an amoral criminal - and his father in law, a racketeer who controls and exploits London's beggars and is intent on having Macheaf hanged. Despite the resistance by Macheaf's friend the Chief of Police, Macheaf is eventually condemned to hang until in a comic reversal the queen pardons him and grants him a title and land. With Kurt Weill's unforgettable music - one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz to the theatre - it became a popular hit throughout the western world. Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series in a trusted translation by Ralph Manheim and John Willett, this edition features extensive notes and commentary including an introduction to the play, Brecht's own notes on the play, a full appendix of textual variants, a note by composer Kurt Weill, a transcript of a discussion about the play between Brecht and a theatre director, plus editorial notes on the genesis of the play.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology 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 on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht'sgreatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resisthis appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's hereticaldiscoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of theInquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventuallyhelping to smuggle his writings out of the country.As anexamination of the problems that face not only the scientist but alsothe whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with therequirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileowas first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a versionjointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the titlerole. Printed here is the complete translation by John Willett.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology 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 on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht'sgreatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resisthis appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's hereticaldiscoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of theInquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventuallyhelping to smuggle his writings out of the country.As anexamination of the problems that face not only the scientist but alsothe whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with therequirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileowas first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a versionjointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the titlerole. Printed here is the complete translation by John Willett.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. This Student Edition of Brecht's classic dramatisation of the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology 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 on words and phrases in the text. It is the perfect edition for students of theatre and literature Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht'sgreatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resisthis appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's hereticaldiscoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of theInquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventuallyhelping to smuggle his writings out of the country.As anexamination of the problems that face not only the scientist but alsothe whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with therequirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileowas first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a versionjointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the titlerole. Printed here is the complete translation by John Willett.…

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