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ertolt breCht
1898 – 1956, german
The Good Person of Szechwan
Foreword by Carl Weber
Introduction by Norm Roessler
Edited with an Introduction by John Willett
and Ralph Manheim
Translated by John Willett
When three gods come to earth in
search of a thoroughly good person,
they encounter Shen Teh, a penniless
prostitute, who offers them shelter.
Rewarded with enough money to
open a tobacco shop, she becomes so
overwhelmed by the demands of others
that she invents a male alter ego to deal
ruthlessly with the business of living in an
evil world.
160 pp. 978-0-14-310537-4 $11.00
Life of Galileo
Foreword by Richard Foreman
Introduction by Norm Roessler
Edited with an Introduction by John Willett
and Ralph Manheim
Translated by John Willett
In Life of Galileo, the great Renaissance
scientist is in a brutal struggle for
freedom from authoritarian dogma.
Unable to satisfy his appetite for scientific
investigation, he comes into conflict
with the Inquisition and must publicly
renounce his theories, though in private
he goes on working on his revolutionary
ideas.
288 pp. 978-0-14-310538-1 $12.00
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Foreword by Olympia Dukakis
New Introduction by Norm Roessler
Edited with an Introduction by John Willett
and Ralph Manheim
Translated by John Willett
This Western theater repertory classic, set
during the Thirty Years War, was written
in response to the outbreak of World
War II and follows one of Brecht’s most
enduring characters, Courage, as she
trails the armies across Europe, selling
provisions from her canteen wagon.
160 pp. 978-0-14-310528-2 $11.00
The Threepenny Opera
Foreword by Nadine Gordimer
New Introduction by Norm Roessler
Translated and Edited by Ralph Manheim
and John Willett
Brutal, scandalous, perverted, yet
humorous, hummable, and with a happy
ending—Bertolt Brecht’s revolutionary
masterpiece is a landmark of modern
drama that has become embedded in the
Western cultural imagination.
144 pp. 978-0-14-310516-9 $11.00
bertolt breCht
Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, in 1898 and left Germany in 1933
when Hitler came to power. He lived in the United States for seven years, settling
with his family in Santa Monica and New York, and continuing to work on plays
and films. After the war, Brecht returned to Germany, where he founded the
Berliner Ensemble. He died in 1956.