All three plays in this book were written by Brecht while he lived in exile from Hitler's Germany in Europe and America from 1933-1947. Translated from the original German, the ...

Published specifically for a National Theatre production, this translation of Bertolt's drama, a parable of good and evil, is the tale of Shen Te, a prostitute who must invent ...

Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific ...