{"product_id":"brecht-on-theatre-the-development-of-an-aesthetic-paperback","title":"Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Willett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing. Here, arranged in chronological order, are essays from 1918 to 1956, in which Brecht explores his definition of the Epic Theatre and his theory of alienation-effects in directing, acting, and writing, and discusses, among other works, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Mother Courage, Puntila, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGalileo\u003c\/i\u003e. Also included is A Short Organum for the Theatre, Brecht's most complete exposition of his revolutionary philosophy of drama. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated and edited by John Willett, \u003ci\u003eBrecht on Theater\u003c\/i\u003e is essential to an understanding of one of the twentieth century's most influential dramatists.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important volume offers a major selection of Bertolt Brecht's groundbreaking critical writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Bertolt\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1956) was the most influential German dramatist and theoretician of the theater in the 20th century. Also a poet of formidable gifts and considerable output, Brecht first attracted attention in the Berlin of the 1920s as the author of provocative plays that challenged the tenets of traditional theater. Forced to flee Germany in 1933 because of his leftist political beliefs and opposition to the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, Brecht and his family spent 14 years in exile in Scandinavia and the United States. Although he tried hard to become established in the United States, Brecht failed to make a breakthrough either as a scriptwriter in Hollywood, California, or as a playwright on Broadway. Two years later he moved to East Berlin and remained there until his death. In the 1950s he became an internationally acclaimed playwright and director through productions of his plays by the Berliner Ensemble, a company based in East Berlin and headed by his wife, actor Helene Weigel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Willett\u003c\/b\u003e (1917-2002) was a noted scholar, author and translator. From the outset he was the prime editor and translator (with Ralph Manheim and others) behind Brecht in English. He was involved in the planning and translation of the programme book for the Berliner Ensemble's celebrated first visit to London in 1956 (the year of Brecht's own death); in 1959 he published the first general study in any language, \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Bertolt Brecht; \u003c\/i\u003ehe translated, edited and introduced the enormously influential \u003ci\u003eBrecht on Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (1964); and he was a founding member of the International Brecht Society and sometime editor of its Yearbook.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.06 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1964\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891537703014,"sku":"9780809005420","price":34.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NTluK3VKRkFHN3UzeUNFLzVjYjYyUT09.webp?v=1772885123","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/brecht-on-theatre-the-development-of-an-aesthetic-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}