The Good Soul of Szechuan (Modern Plays)
Bertolt Brecht
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Paperback. Translated by David Harrower, this version of Brecht's parable play is based on a previously unpublished version of the play. Translator(s): Harrower, David. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
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Harrower was published to accompany the production at the Young Vic, London, in May 2008 and is based on a previously unpublished version of Brecht's play.Three Gods are on a journey to find out if there are any good people left on earth.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 ... Read more
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Harrower was published to accompany the production at the Young Vic, London, in May 2008 and is based on a previously unpublished version of Brecht's play.Three Gods are on a journey to find out if there are any good people left on earth.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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Condition
New
Series
Modern Plays
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408109656
SKU
V9781408109656
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Ref
99-1
About Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
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