Brecht : as they knew him /
Hubert Witt, editor. ; John Peet, translator.
- Berlin, Germany : Seven Seas Books; c1974.
- 243 pages : 19 cm.
- Seven Seas Books .
- Seven Seas Books .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243).
Bertolt Brecht presented to the British / Recollections of Brecht in 1919 in Augsburg / Brecht directs / Brett Brecht the dramatist / Recollections of Brecht as a young man / On what are toy working? A talk with Bert Brecht / Notes on Brecht's work in 1926 / Threepenny Opera / From the Brecht commentary / Bert Brecht / Brecht, robbed of citizenship / Brecht Summary / My first collaboration with Brecht / Bertolt Brecht and music / On Bertolt Brecht / Diary, 1948 / Zurich Diary / Brecht's stage style -- Brecht from 1918 to 1950 / Brecht's work with actors / Bertolt Brecht the director / How 'Lucullus came about / Discovering an aesthetic category / Stage technicians relate Journeyman years with Brecht / In memory of my friend / Bb / Brecht / Summer Lament / Memories of Bertolt Brecht / Bertolt Brecht / "Since then the world has hope" / He will remain / By Ernst Schumacher -- Brecht 1973 / By Lion Feuchtwanger -- By Hans Otto Munsterer - By Arnolt Bronnen -- By Herbert Jhering -- By Bernard Reich -- By Bernard Guillemin -- By Elisabeth Hauptmann -- By Lotte Lenya-Weill -- By Walter Benjamin -- By Sergei Tretyakov -- By Berthold Viertzel -- By Arnold Zweig -- By Ruth Berlau -- By Hanns Eisler -- By Wieland Herzfelde -- By Max Frisch -- By Gunther Weisenborn By Max Schroeder -- By Paul Rilla -- By Angelika Hurwicz -- By Hubert Witt -- By Paul Dessau -- By Manfred Werkweth -- by various authors [see text] -- By Erwin Strittmatter -- By Casper Neher -- By Vladimir Pozner By Anna Seghers -- By Johannes R. Becher -- By Gunter Kunert -- By Konstantin Brecht -- By Kathe Rulke-Weiler -- By Werner Mittenzwei --
"Bertolt Brecht as seen by Lion Feuchtwranger, Herbert Jhering, Lotte Lenya, Caspar Neher, Walter benjamin, Hans Eisler, Paul Dessau, Max Frisch, Erwin Strittmatter, Walter Mittenzwei, Vladimir Pozner, and some twenty-five others who knew and worked with him: directors, actors, dramatists, musicians and writers, friends and colleagues all contribute to these recollections of Brecht. . . ' A man who had not seen Herr K. for a long time related with the words: 'You haven't changed at all.' 'Oh!', said Herr K., and paled. These few lines of Brecht's taken from the 'Stories of Herr Kemer' sum up his conviction that change was the essence of growth and necessary to man's improvement. Brecht was also of the opinion that 'without outside help, only with the sparse material which an individual can carry in his arms', it was possible to erect a small hut, but never great and lasting buildings. These two principles, change and collaboration, were essential to Brecht's work as a director, dramatist, innovator and man of the theatre, poet and thinker. These recollections give a portrait of Bertolt Brecht, the man of genius who changed the poetic face of Germany." -- from the book jacket