Collected Plays volume 9 : The Tutor, Coriolanus, The Trial of Joan Arc at Rouen 1431, Trumpets and Drums, Don Juan / [of] Bertolt Brecht; edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim.

This is volume nine of the nine volume series of the collected plays of Bertolt Brecht. Our library has nine volumes of this series. Volume 8 precedes this volume. The series consists of translations of Brecht's famed plays including translations of 'The Threepenny Opera, his most famous work written with the likes of Kurt Weill. 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' is also included in addition to his other notable plays. Known for his work in theatre criticism, particularly Epic Theatre, Brecht was also a playwright and poet.

This resource contains five adaptations of plays which include Der Hofmeister, Coriolan, Der Prozess der Jeanne D'arc, zu Rouen, 1431, Don Juan, Pauken and Trompeten, Gesammelte Werke.

Adaptations - Introduction /

The Tutor / by J.M.R. Lenz - translated by Ralph Manheim and Wolfgang Sauerlander --

Coriolanus / by William Shakespeare - translated by Ralph Manheim --

The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 / by Anna Seghers - translated by Ralph Manheim and Wolfgang Sauerlander --

Don Juan / by Moliére - translated by Ralph Manheim --

Trumpets and Drums / by George Farquhar - translated by Rose and Martin Kastner --

Notes - The Tutor / Notes to the Tutor - On poetry and virtuosity - Details of the production - The rebellious minuet - End of Italian journey (scene 15) - The choice of a play - Aspects of tastes in the production - Is the Tutor a 'negative' play -- by Bertolt Brecht --

The Tutor - Editorial Note / Adapting Lenz -- Changes during the rehearsal -- by Ralph Manheim, John Willet and Wolfgang Sauerlander

Coriolanus / Text by Brecht -- Enjoying the hero - Plan of the hero - Four short notes - Study of the first scene of Shakespeare's Coriolanus --

Coriolanus - Editorial Note / Adapting Shakespeare - by Ralph Manheim, John Willet and Wolfgang Sauerlander

The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 / Dialectical factors in the adaptation and production of the Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 - The last crowd scene -- Texts by Brecht --

The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen, 1431 - Editorial Note / Adapting Anna Seghers -- by Ralph Manheim, John Willet and Wolfgang Sauerlander --

Don Juan / On the adaptation - Notes on the production - Don Juan as a character - Besson's production of Don Juan with the Berliner Ensemble -- Texts by Brecht --

Editorial Note -- Don Juan / Adapting Moliére -- by Ralph Manheim, John Willet and Wolfgang Sauerlander --

Trumpets and Drums / Plan of the play - The love story - Three notes -- Texts by Brecht --

Editorial Note -- Trumpets and Drums Adapting Farquhar -- by Ralph Manheim, John Willet and Wolfgang Sauerlander.

"This ninth volume of the new, authorized translation of the Collected Works of Bertolt Brecht contains five of his adaptations: 'The Tutor' (J.M.R. Lenz), 'Coriolanus' (William Shakespeare), 'The Trial of Joan of Arc of Rouen, 1431 (Anna Seghers), Don Juan (Molière), and 'Trumpets and Drums' (George Farquhar). The translations are edited by Ralph Manheim, winner of the 1970 National Book Award for 'Translation', and John Willet, author of a standard work on Brecht. Editorial notes contain Brecht's statements about the adaptations, which he did for his own company, the Berliner Ensemble." -- from book jacket

Translated from German into English.