Collected plays volume 1 : Baal, Drums in the night, In the jungle of cities, The life of Edward the Second of England, Five One Act Plays / [of] Bertolt Brecht; edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim.

This is volume one of the nine volume series of the collected plays of Bertolt Brecht. Our library has nine volumes of this series. Volume 2 succeeds 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.

The Plays - Introduction -- [by Ralph Manheim and John Willet] Baal / translated by William E. Smith and Ralph Manheim -- Drums in the Night / translated by William E. Smith and Ralph Manheim -- In the Jungle of Cities / translated by Gerhard Nelhaus --
The Life of Edward the Second of England / translated by William E. Smith and Ralph Manheim -- The Wedding / translated by Martin and Rose Kastner -- The beggar, or the dead dog / Translated by Peter Hertz -- He Drives Out a Devil / translated by Martin and Rose Kastner -- Lux in Tenebris / translated by Martin and Rose Kastner -- The Catch / translated by Martin and Rose Kastner --

Notes and Variants : Baal / Prologue to the 1918 version -- Prologue to the 1926 version -- The model for Baal -- Bad Baal the antisocial man -- On looking through my first plays[ii] / Text by Brecht Editorial Note : 1. General 2. The versions of 1918, 1919, and 1920-22 (first published version) 3. Life story of the man Baal (1926) / [by Ralph Manheim and John Willet] --

Drum in the night : Ballad of the dead soldier -- Note for the stage -- Note to the script of the Berlin production (1922) -- Preface to Drums in the Night -- 1. Conversation with George Grosz 2. Drums in the Night's success with the bourgeoisie 3. The love story 4. 1918 : Krangler's revolution -- Notes of conversations about Drum in the Night -- On looking through my first plays [i] / Texts by Brecht Editorial note : 1. Variant material from the 1922 published text -- 2. Deutsches Theater acting version, 1922 / [by Ralph Manheim and John Willet] --

In the jungle of cities : Three early notes -- Program note to the 1922 text -- Synopsis (incomplete) -- A statement -- Prologue to jungle -- Program note for the Heidelberg production -- On looking through my first plays [iii] / Texts by Brecht -- Editorial note : 1. General -- 2. The 1922 version -- 3. Scene 2 from the 1912 version / [by Ralph Manheim and John Willet] -- The play's literary ancestry / by Gerhard Nelhaus --

The life of Edward the Second of England : On looking through my first plays [iv] / Text by Brecht Editorial note / [by Ralph Manheim and John Willet] --

Five one-act plays : Editorial note / [by Ralph Manheim and John Willet] --

"This is the first volume in the new, authorized translation of the Collected Works of Bertolt Brecht. Under the editorship of Ralph Manheim, outstanding translator and winner of the 1970 National Book Award for Translation, and John Willett, planning editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of a standard work on Brecht, the first volumes of the series will contain the plays in faithful and stage-worthy new translations. Editorial notes have been provided, including Brecht's own statements and significant variants. The volumes will present the plays in chronological order. Further volumes in the series, which will be published over a five-year period, will contain prose and poetry." -- from the book jacket.

Translated from German to English.