Brecht on Theatre

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Author: Bertolt Brecht

Format: Paperback

Pages: 368

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by Bertolt Brecht 

Brecht on Theatre is a seminal work that has remained the classic text for readers and students wanting a rich appreciation of the development of Brecht's thinking on theatre and aesthetics. First published in 1964 and on reading lists ever since, Brecht's writings are presented in this definitive edition featuring the wholly revised, re-edited and expanded text produced for the 50th anniversary of the first English publication. With additional texts, illustrations and editorial material, and with almost half the material newly translated, this edition provides a far fuller and more accurate account of the development of Brecht's work and writings. 

This edition features:

  • Clearer layout and organisation of the text
  • New translations of many of the Brechtian texts featured
  • Over 40 new, previously untranslated essays 
  • Essay titles now correspond to the German originals
  • A revised selection of illustrations This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decades

The volume demonstrates how the theories of Epic Theatre and Verfremdung evolved, and contains notes and essays on the staging of The Threepenny OperaMahagonnyMother CouragePuntilaGalileoand many others of his plays. Also included is 'Short Organon for the Theatre', Brecht's most complete statement of his revolutionary philosophy of the theatre.

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