Collected Plays, Band 3Methuen, 1970 - 140 Seiten Set in a mythical Chicago, "Saint Joan of the Stockyards" tells the story of a Salvation Army lieutenant who challenges the power of Pierpoint Mauler, the meat king. The play, which was never staged in Brecht's lifetime, is published here with a new translation and introductory notes. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 18
Seite xiii
... once ' Mimosa Bess ' , after Hauptmann herself , then ' Lilian Holliday ' , then ' Marie Andersen ' - with the classic militant figure of Jeanne d'Arc , canonised by the Vatican in 1920 and now anglo - americised by Brecht as Joan Dark ...
... once ' Mimosa Bess ' , after Hauptmann herself , then ' Lilian Holliday ' , then ' Marie Andersen ' - with the classic militant figure of Jeanne d'Arc , canonised by the Vatican in 1920 and now anglo - americised by Brecht as Joan Dark ...
Seite 16
... once so thriving , at a standstill . Fighting over a constipated market You drove the prices down by undercutting each other Like buffaloes which , fighting , trample the grass they're fighting over . Mauler comes out with Slift his ...
... once so thriving , at a standstill . Fighting over a constipated market You drove the prices down by undercutting each other Like buffaloes which , fighting , trample the grass they're fighting over . Mauler comes out with Slift his ...
Seite 98
... once again Chicago is shaken by rumours of an impending general strike ) Is to prevent the brute force of the short - sighted people From smashing their tools and destroying their livelihood And to bring back peace and order . To this ...
... once again Chicago is shaken by rumours of an impending general strike ) Is to prevent the brute force of the short - sighted people From smashing their tools and destroying their livelihood And to bring back peace and order . To this ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Berlin Bertolt Brecht Black Straw Hats bought meat Brecht broker butchers buy meat Carola Neher Chicago chorus comes contract Cridle dear Pierpont detective Elisabeth Hauptmann fellow give GLOOMB goes GRAHAM Gründgens Gustav Gründgens Happy End Hauptmann hear Helene Weigel Hosanna Joan Dark Joan's Jungle Jungle of Cities LABOUR LEADER laugh Lennox letter Livestock Exchange look LUCKERNIDDLE MARTHA meat king Meat Packers MEYERS misery mission house MULBERRY night OLD GENTLEMAN Oskar Homolka packing plants PAUL SNYDER Peter Lorre Pierpont Mauler Piscator play poor production radio Saint Joan scene selling shouting snow SNYDER soup stage script stand stay steers stockbreeders stockyards stop STRAW HATS singing Sullivan Slift talk tell theatre there's thing Threepenny Opera tomorrow voice waiting What's Who's WHOLESALERS workers