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Brecht Plays 8
The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress
Brecht Plays 8
The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress
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The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into English
Volume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play. A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the aftermath of Nazism, it was a radical new experiment in epic theatre. THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE (1949) is a semi-documentary account of the Paris Commune, and Brecht's most serious and ambitious historical play. TURANDOT is Brecht's version of the classic Chinese story is a satire on the intelligentsia of the Weimar Republic, Nazi bureaucracy, and other targets.
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Product details
| Published | 23 Apr 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781472538567 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Series | World Classics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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