Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

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. John Willett (1917-2002) was the greatest English language authority on Brecht the writer and man of the theatre. The foremost translator and editor of Brecht's drama, poetry, letters, diaries, theatrical essays and fiction, Willett produced a dozen volumes for Methuen Drama on the greatest modern German writer. Klappentext Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s. They dramatise with clinical precision the suspicion and anxiety experienced by ordinary people, particularly Jewish citizens, as the power of Hitler grew. Written in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938 it was inspired in part by his recent trip to Moscow where he had been researching tasks for the anti-Nazi effort. This Student Edition features an extensive introduction and commentary and includes: a chronology of the Brecht's life and work; a synopsis of each playlet; an introduction to the context of the play; commentary on themes, characters, style and language; a review of the play in performance; notes on individual words and phrases in the text, and questions for further study.A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German households under the rise of the Nazis. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes. Zusammenfassung A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German households under the rise of the Nazis. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes....

Product details

• Authors: Bertolt Brecht
• Assisted by: Charlott Ryland (Editor), Charlotte Ryland (Editor), Ryland Charlotte (Editor), Charlotte Ryland (Translation), John Willett (Translation), Willett John (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2009
• EAN: 9781408100080
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-0008-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Methuen Drama; Student Editions; Student Editions; Methuen Drama, Student editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, german, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights