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Informationen zum Autor Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera , Fear and Misery of the Third Reich , The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. David Harrower is a Scottish playwright, based in Glasgow. His first play, Knives in Hens , was premiered at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in 1995. Subsequent plays include Kill the Old Torture Their Young, Presence, Dark Earth, Blackbird, and 365 . Harrower has also written adaptations including The Chrysalids, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Ivanov, and Woyzeck . Translations include The Girl on the Sofa , a translation of the Jon Fosse play as well as Schiller's Romantic tragedy Mary Stuart . Klappentext A programme text edition of Brecht's famous parable, this new translation by David Harrower was published to accompany the production at the Young Vic, London, in May 2008 and is based on a previously unpublished version of Brecht's play. Three Gods are on a journey to find out if there are any good people left on earth. Only Shen Te, a good-hearted prostitute, offers them shelter. With the money they give her she opens a tobacco shop. At once everyone needs her help. Her livelihood is in danger. Worse, she is falling in love with Sun, a pilot, who is robbing her blind. Her hard hearted cousin Shui Ta arrives to protect her. Who is he and how can good people stay good in a world of poverty and cruelty? 'Brecht is the key figure of our time and all theatre today starts from or returns to his achievement.' Peter Brook Translated by David Harrower, this version of Brecht's parable play is based on a previously unpublished version of the play. Zusammenfassung Translated by David Harrower, this version of Brecht's parable play is based on a previously unpublished version of the play....
