Fear and Misery of the Third ReichBloomsbury Publishing, 17.11.2016 - 224 Seiten Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s. They dramatise with clinical precision the suspicion and anxiety experienced by ordinary people, particularly Jewish citizens, as the power of Hitler grew. Written in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938 it was inspired in part by his recent trip to Moscow where he had been researching tasks for the anti-Nazi effort. This Student Edition features an extensive introduction and commentary and includes: a chronology of the Brecht's life and work; a synopsis of each playlet; an introduction to the context of the play; commentary on themes, characters, style and language; a review of the play in performance; notes on individual words and phrases in the text, and questions for further study. |
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Seite v
... Communist Party. 1919 Works with Neher to establish as many literary and artistic contacts as possible. First version of Drums in the Night. 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 Adolf Hitler joins the German Bertolt Brecht: 1898–1956.
... Communist Party. 1919 Works with Neher to establish as many literary and artistic contacts as possible. First version of Drums in the Night. 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 Adolf Hitler joins the German Bertolt Brecht: 1898–1956.
Seite vii
... Communist political theatre in Germany, on a dramatisation of Haseˇk's novel, The Good Soldier Schweik. First collaboration with Kurt Weill, on Mahagonny, with designs by Neher. The Threepenny Opera opens at Theater am Schiffbauerdamm ...
... Communist political theatre in Germany, on a dramatisation of Haseˇk's novel, The Good Soldier Schweik. First collaboration with Kurt Weill, on Mahagonny, with designs by Neher. The Threepenny Opera opens at Theater am Schiffbauerdamm ...
Seite viii
... Communist Karl Korsch. Hitler is defeated by President Hindenburg in two presidential elections in March and April ... Communists are blamed. The following day a 1934 1935 'Reichstag Fire decree' is passed by presidential decree, viii ...
... Communist Karl Korsch. Hitler is defeated by President Hindenburg in two presidential elections in March and April ... Communists are blamed. The following day a 1934 1935 'Reichstag Fire decree' is passed by presidential decree, viii ...
Seite xiii
... Communist sympathies. Brecht and Weigel go to Zurich. Effective recognition of the two zones (Soviet and Western) in Germany. Publishes Little Organum for the Theatre. Swiss productions of The Antigone of Sophocles and Mr Puntila ...
... Communist sympathies. Brecht and Weigel go to Zurich. Effective recognition of the two zones (Soviet and Western) in Germany. Publishes Little Organum for the Theatre. Swiss productions of The Antigone of Sophocles and Mr Puntila ...
Seite xiv
... Communism. Although Brecht was never a member of the Party, it was clear that, from the age of about thirty, he was a dissident but committed Marxist. The decline of that world-view and the defeat of Communism in Europe, at least for ...
... Communism. Although Brecht was never a member of the Party, it was clear that, from the age of about thirty, he was a dissident but committed Marxist. The decline of that world-view and the defeat of Communism in Europe, at least for ...
Inhalt
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Further Reading | lxvi |
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich | 1 |
Additional Texts by Brecht | 93 |
Notes | 97 |
Questions for Further Study | 119 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Student Editions | 123 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Modern Plays | 125 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists | 127 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama World Classics | 129 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Classical Greek Dramatists | 131 |
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