{"product_id":"brecht-collected-plays-1-baal-drums-in-the-night-in-the-jungle-of-cities-life-of-edward-ii-of-england-5-one-act-plays-paperback","title":"Brecht Collected Plays: 1: Baal; Drums in the Night; In the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; \u0026 5 One Act Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Willett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRalph Manheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume One of Brecht's Collected Plays contains Brecht's first performed stage works. \u003ci\u003eBaal\u003c\/i\u003e is inspired by Brecht's student life in Augsburg and follows the life of a young poet on the rocky road to inspiration; \u003ci\u003eDrums in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e was written in response to Brecht's experience as a medical orderly in the aftermath of the First World War; and \u003ci\u003eIn the Jungle of Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, set in Chicago, covers the downfall of a family that has moved from the prairies to the jungle of the big city - award-winning in its day, it was described by a leading German daily as the play that 'has given our time a new tone, a new melody, a new vision'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Edward II of England\u003c\/i\u003e, a ballad-like adaptation of Marlowe's original, and five one-act plays \u003ci\u003eThe Beggar or the Dead Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDriving Out The Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLux in Tenebris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Catch \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Respectable Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e in which the bourgeois proceedings take a hilarious turn for the unseemly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe translators are Jean Benedetti, Eva Geiser and Ernest Borneman, Richard Grünberger, Michael Hamburger, Gerhard Nellhaus, Peter Tegel and John Willett. The translations are ideal for both study and performance. The volume is accompanied by a full introduction and notes by the series editor John Willett and includes Brecht's own notes and relevant texts as well as all the important textual variants.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists and theatre practitioners of the twentieth century whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42147963371600,"sku":"9780413685704","price":54.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/N1dpOWtKMUpYcDl6Znkrb2xtRmtwQT09.webp?v=1774684251","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/brecht-collected-plays-1-baal-drums-in-the-night-in-the-jungle-of-cities-life-of-edward-ii-of-england-5-one-act-plays-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}