Life Of GalileoBloomsbury Publishing, 23.04.2015 - 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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... thing', he notes Brecht as saying, 'when someone who has taken up an extreme position then goes into a period of reaction. That way he arrives at a halfway house'. Though such a change might seem compatible with the new aesthetic ...
... thing', he notes Brecht as saying, 'when someone who has taken up an extreme position then goes into a period of reaction. That way he arrives at a halfway house'. Though such a change might seem compatible with the new aesthetic ...
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... thing in a more didactic form, based on the example of the big unfinished Fatzer and Breadshop schemes of the late 1920s. However, there is no evidence that he did this except a rough outline for a 'version for workers'; and instead the ...
... thing in a more didactic form, based on the example of the big unfinished Fatzer and Breadshop schemes of the late 1920s. However, there is no evidence that he did this except a rough outline for a 'version for workers'; and instead the ...
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... things, he simply couldn't understand. For Brecht himself however it was certainly the most important and satisfying theatrical occasion since he first went into exile in 1933: The stage and the production were strongly reminiscent of ...
... things, he simply couldn't understand. For Brecht himself however it was certainly the most important and satisfying theatrical occasion since he first went into exile in 1933: The stage and the production were strongly reminiscent of ...
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... things turned out it has proved to be among the most successful of all his plays in the Communist world. * * * In our view Galileo is Brecht's greatest play, and it is worth tracing its long and involved history in order to understand ...
... things turned out it has proved to be among the most successful of all his plays in the Communist world. * * * In our view Galileo is Brecht's greatest play, and it is worth tracing its long and involved history in order to understand ...
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... thing for him to have done. Nor does it bear out the late Isaac Deutscher's interpretation of the first version as an apologia for those who, like Brecht himself, supported Stalin whilst disliking many aspects of his regime. Not that ...
... thing for him to have done. Nor does it bear out the late Isaac Deutscher's interpretation of the first version as an apologia for those who, like Brecht himself, supported Stalin whilst disliking many aspects of his regime. Not that ...
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