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A guide to the plays of Bertolt Brecht / Stephen Unwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Unwin, Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brecht, Bertolt.
- Germany--Social conditions--20th century.
- Germany.
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 258 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen, 2005.
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- Unwin provides a guide to Brecht's plays that will prove useful to the student, teacher and theatre practitioner. Grouping and analysing plays chronologically according to their context Unwin also considers Brecht's theory and looks at his impact and the legacy that he left.
- Contents:
- The dark times
- Brecht: playwright, poet and artist
- Politics, economics and a new morality
- Art and culture
- Towards a Marxist theatre
- Key concepts of Brecht’s theatrical theory
- Staging Brecht
- Four early plays
- Two music-theatre pieces and Kurt Weill
- Marxism and the theatre
- Opposition plays
- Five great plays
- A late masterpiece
- Legacy
- Chronicle,
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Unwin, Stephen. Guide to the plays of Bertolt Brecht.
- ISBN:
- 9781408150320
- 1408150328
- 9781408168493
- 1408168499
- 9781408150313
- 140815031X
- OCLC:
- 607387083
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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