The theatre of Bertolt Brecht : a study from eight aspects / by John Willett

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, German Series: University Paperbacks ; 184Publication details: New York, NY : Meuthen & Co Ltd, 1968.Edition: 3d edition, revisedDescription: 243 pages : black and white photographs, facsimiles ; 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 832/.9/12
LOC classification:
  • PT 2603 .R397 Z9 1968
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Contents:
1.Groundwork : A short chronology -- Analysis of the plays -- 2.Eight aspects : The subject matter -- The language -- Theatrical influences -- The music -- Theatrical practice -- The theory -- Politics -- The English aspect.
Summary: This study of Brecht's theatre from eight different aspects was first published in 1959. The book aims to explain the difficult aspects of his ideology and political leanings in a straightforward manner. It traces his stylistic development as a playwright and stage director through each of his major plays and explains his evolving notion of epic theatre within the political and social climate of the 1920s, Marxism, Nazism and post-war Communism.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks PT 2603 .R397 Z9 1968 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21100013
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PT 2603 .R397 Z8525 1990 Re-interpreting Brecht : his influence on contemporary drama and film / PT 2603.R397 Z8896713 1978 Brecht : a biography / PT 2603.R397 Z889713 1975 Brecht chronicle / PT 2603 .R397 Z9 1968 The theatre of Bertolt Brecht : a study from eight aspects / PT 2603 .R397 Z 9613 1974 Brecht : as they knew him / PT 2607 .I6 K613 1933 Little man, what now? / PT 2625 .A44 Z7452 1965 Essays on Thomas Mann /

Includes bibliographical references (229-234) and index.

1.Groundwork : A short chronology -- Analysis of the plays -- 2.Eight aspects : The subject matter -- The language -- Theatrical influences -- The music -- Theatrical practice -- The theory -- Politics -- The English aspect.

This study of Brecht's theatre from eight different aspects was first published in 1959. The book aims to explain the difficult aspects of his ideology and political leanings in a straightforward manner. It traces his stylistic development as a playwright and stage director through each of his major plays and explains his evolving notion of epic theatre within the political and social climate of the 1920s, Marxism, Nazism and post-war Communism.

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