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Collected Plays: "Life of Galileo", "Mother Courage and Her Children" Vol 5 (Methuen World Classics) Book

This volume brings together two of Brecht's plays, 'Life of Galileo' and 'Mother Courage and Her Children'. 'Galileo' examines the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology. In 'Mother Courage' the heroine clings to the source of her livelihood, as war rages around her.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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 fifth volume in the Brecht Collected Plays series brings together two of Brecht's best-known and most frequently performed and studied plays: Life of Galileo and Mother Courage and Her Children. Galileo, which examines the conflict between free inquiry and official ideology, contains one of Brecht's most human and complex central characters. Temporarily silenced by the Inquisition's threat of torture, and forced to abjure his theories publicly, Galileo continues to work in private, eventually smuggling his work out of the country. As an examination of the problems that face not only the scientist but also the whole spirit of free inquiry when brought into conflict with the requirements of government or official ideology, Life of Galileo has few equals. 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.

  • Pickabook

    Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (Editor), Ralph Manheim (Editor)

  • 0413699706
  • 9780413699701
  • Bertolt Brecht
  • 13 November 1995
  • Methuen Drama
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 389
  • New edition
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