Collected Plays Volume 9: Adaptations: The Tutor, Coriolanus, The trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431, Don Juan, Trumpets and Drums

Brecht; Bertolt

ISBN 10: 0394494393 / ISBN 13: 9780394494395

Published by Random Hosue, New York, 1972

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Edited by Raolph Manheim and John Willett. With editorial notes.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Plays Volume 9: Adaptations: The Tutor, Coriolanus, The trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431, Don Juan, Trumpets and Drums
• Publisher: Random Hosue, New York
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394494393
• ISBN 13: 9780394494395
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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 plays which Brecht wrote during his six-year stay in the United States from 1942 to 1948. The Visions of Simone Machard is a French resistance version of the Joan of Arc story. Schweyk in the Second World War transposes Hasek's 'good soldier' to the Prague of Hitler and Heydrich. The Caucasian Chalk Circle , based on the biblical story of the judgement of Solomon, was originally written for production on Broadway, with W. H. Auden responsible for the verse. A morality masterpiece, the play powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques and has since become one of his most popular works.The translations are ideal for both study and performance. The volume is accompanied by a full introduction and notes by the series editor John Willett and includes Brecht's own notes and relevant texts as well as all the important textual variants.