The Bänkelsang and the work of Bertolt Brecht

The Bänkelsang and the work of Bertolt Brecht PDF

Author: Sammy K. McLean

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-02-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 3111342549

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To celebrate the 270th anniversary of the De Gruyter publishing house, the company is providing permanent open access to 270 selected treasures from the De Gruyter Book Archive. Titles will be made available to anyone, anywhere at any time that might be interested. The DGBA project seeks to digitize the entire backlist of titles published since 1749 to ensure that future generations have digital access to the high-quality primary sources that De Gruyter has published over the centuries.

Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke

Measures Taken and Other Lehrstucke PDF

Author: Bertolt Brecht

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-04-10

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 140817782X

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The Lehrstücke (or 'learning-plays') lie at the heart of Brechtian theatre. Written during 1929 and 1930, years of far-reaching political and economic upheaveal in Germany and the period of Brecht's most sharply Communist works, these short plays show an abrupt rejection of most of the trappings of conventional theatre. The Lehrstücke are spare and highly formalized pieces intended for performance by amateurs, on the principle that the moral and political lessons contained in them can best be taught by participation in an actual production. There is nothing in the drama of the twentieth century to match the precision of their language and the economy of their theatrical technique.

Turn-of-the-century Cabaret

Turn-of-the-century Cabaret PDF

Author: Harold B. Segel

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780231051286

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Traces the history of the European cabaret, discusses the types of entertainment that developed in cabarets, and explains their connection with avant-garde movements.

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich PDF

Author: Bertolt Brecht

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2015-12-30

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1472515234

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Also known as The Private Life of the Master Race, this is a sequence of twenty-four realistic sketches showing how "ordinary" life under the Nazis was subtly permeated by suspicion and anxiety. Written in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938 it was inspired in part by his recent trip to Moscow where he had been researching tasks for the anti-Nazi effort.