World Classics Brecht Plays 8: The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress, (Paperback)
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<p>The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into English </p><p> </p><p>Volume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play. A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the aftermath of Nazism, it was a radical new experiment in epic theatre. THE DAYS OF THE COMMUNE (1949) is a semi-documentary account of the Paris Commune, and Brecht's most serious and ambitious historical play. TURANDOT is Brecht's version of the classic Chinese story is a satire on the intelligentsia of the Weimar Republic, Nazi bureaucracy, and other targets.</p>
- World Classics Brecht Plays 8: The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress, (Paperback)
- Author: Methuen Drama
- ISBN: 9780413773524
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2012-03-01
- Page Count: 288
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Art, Music, and Photography |
| Publication date | March, 2012 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Subgenre | European |
| Series title | World Classics |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Original languages | English |
| Translator | David Constantine; Tom Kuhn |
| Translated from | German |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Editor | Tom Kuhn; Fellow and Praelector in German David Constantine |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 5.00 x 0.80 x 7.70 in |
| Assembled product weight | 0.45 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Drama |
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