| Fear and Misery in the Third Reich Contributor(s): Brecht, Bertolt (Author), Willett, John (Editor), Kuhn, Tom (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0413772667 ISBN-13: 9780413772664 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 Annotation: Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s. They dramatize with clinical precision the suspicion and anxiety experienced by ordinary people, particularly Jewish citizens, as the power of Hitler grew. This volume is translated by John Willett, joint editor of Brecht's collected plays in English and is accompanied by an extensive introduction and commentary. "What Brecht shows us here is more or less harmless by comparison with what came later. Perhaps this is its greatest strength: we know the results, what we are looking for is the beginnings."-Max Frisch |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - German |
| Dewey: 832.912 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.24" W x 7.84" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Also known as The Private Life of the Master Race, this is a sequence of twenty-four realistic sketches showing how ordinary life under the Nazis was subtly permeated by suspicion and anxiety. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brecht, Bertolt: - 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. |