Brecht Plays 8: The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress (World Classics) (v)
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| Management number | 233568551 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $10.11 | Model Number | 233568551 | ||
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The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into EnglishVolume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play. A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the aftermath of Nazism, it was a radical new experiment in epic theatre. THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE (1949) is a semi-documentary account of the Paris Commune, and Brecht's most serious and ambitious historical play. TURANDOT is Brecht's version of the classic Chinese story is a satire on the intelligentsia of the Weimar Republic, Nazi bureaucracy, and other targets. Read more
| ASIN | B00V8D0LPW |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1472538567 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 3.5 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Methuen Drama |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Book 8 of 8 | World Classics |
| Print length | 290 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | April 23, 2015 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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