Life Of GalileoBloomsbury Publishing, 13.03.2015 - 288 Seiten 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 investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is scared into publicly abjuring his theories but, despite his self-contempt, goes on working in private, eventually helping to smuggle his writings 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. Written in exile in 1937-9 and first performed in Zurich in 1943, Galileo was first staged in English in 1947 by Joseph Losey in a version jointly prepared by Brecht and Charles Laughton, who played the title role. Printed here is the complete translation by Brecht scholar John Willett. The much shorter Laughton version is also included in full as an appendix, along with Brecht's own copious notes on the play making this the most trusted scholarly edition of the text. |
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... scene even before Andrea appears . ( In Zurich this was in fact the last scene , that at the frontier being , as usual , cut . ) It was only in the spring of 1944 that the play seems once more to have become a reality to Brecht ...
... scene even before Andrea appears . ( In Zurich this was in fact the last scene , that at the frontier being , as usual , cut . ) It was only in the spring of 1944 that the play seems once more to have become a reality to Brecht ...
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... scene 2 , the argument between Ludovico and Galileo in the sunspot scene and the shifting of the handing - over of the Discorsi so that Galileo's great speech of self - abasement should come after it and offset it . Brecht too worked to ...
... scene 2 , the argument between Ludovico and Galileo in the sunspot scene and the shifting of the handing - over of the Discorsi so that Galileo's great speech of self - abasement should come after it and offset it . Brecht too worked to ...
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... scenes and the great introductory speech about the ' new time ' in scene 1. He then went over the results him- self , also adding German versions of the ballad , the poems and the inter - scene verses . In 1955 this was given its ...
... scenes and the great introductory speech about the ' new time ' in scene 1. He then went over the results him- self , also adding German versions of the ballad , the poems and the inter - scene verses . In 1955 this was given its ...
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... waters of the earth drive the new spinning machines , while in the shipyards , the ropewalks and sail- lofts five hundred hands are moving together in a new system . It is my prophecy that our own lifetime will see Scene I 7.
... waters of the earth drive the new spinning machines , while in the shipyards , the ropewalks and sail- lofts five hundred hands are moving together in a new system . It is my prophecy that our own lifetime will see Scene I 7.
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... letter of introduction too . Hands it over . You'll have Andrea believing two and two makes five any minute now , Mr Galilei . As if he didn't already muddle up everything you tell him . Only last night he was arguing Scene I 9.
... letter of introduction too . Hands it over . You'll have Andrea believing two and two makes five any minute now , Mr Galilei . As if he didn't already muddle up everything you tell him . Only last night he was arguing Scene I 9.
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actor ANDREA Aristotle astronomer BALLAD SINGER Barberini believe BELLARMIN Berliner Ensemble Bertolt Brecht Bible Brecht Cardinal Inquisitor Caspar Neher CHAMBERLAIN Charles Laughton Christopher Clavius church Clavius Collegium Romanum comes COSIMO course court CURATOR daughter Discorsi door doubt earth everything eyes FAT PRELATE father FEDERZONI final text Florence FRONTIER GUARD Galileo Galilei gentlemen give goes hands Holy human Inquisition Jupiter ladies laugh Laughton lenses LITTLE MONK look LORD CHAMBERLAIN Ludovico Marsili MATHEMATICIAN milk moon mother move never OFFICIAL OLD CARDINAL once Padua Pause peasants PHILOSOPHER physicist play Pope Prince Priuli PROCURATOR production Ptolemaic system pupils reason recantation Rome round SAGREDO Sarti scene scholar scientific scientist scudi secretaries sits speech stand sunspots telescope tell theatre there's thing truth tube turns typescript understand universe VANNI VIRGINIA Werner Hecht What's