To coincide with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of his birth, this book presents in a single volume four of Goethe''s principal masterpieces, together with a small selection of his poems and letters'

This volume contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases.

Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This new translation by Michael Hofmann was published to coincide with the national tour by English Touring Theatre in 2006.

In John willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases

Authoritative student edition of Brecht's most performed play. A vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock Victorian Soho.