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.

One of Brecht's most famous plays and a classic of modern literature/theatre

A reissue of Brecht's classic play written in exile. In this savage and witty parable, the rise of Hitler is recast as a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Included are Brecht's own notes and commentary by John Willet and Ralph Manheim.

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.

Paperback reissue of the best and most influential of Brecht's ground-breaking poetry.

This selection of Bertolt Brecht's critical writing charts the development of his thinking on theatre and aesthetics over four decade

This series of plays has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum. Brecht's play featuring a parable play staged by peasants in the Soviet Caucasus has 48 male and 19 female parts. Classroom activities are included.

Described by Brecht as a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all , Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade.

A Student Edition of Brecht's classic parable, set in an unjust society where good can only survive by means of evil. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes.

One of a planned series of eight, this volume features The Visions of Simone Machard , Schweyk in the Second World War , The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Brecht's adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi . It also contains extensive notes, as well as relevant texts by Brecht himself.

This volume brings together two of Brecht's plays, Life of Galileo and Mother Courage and Her Children . Galileo examines the conflict between free enquiry and official ideology. In Mother Courage the heroine clings to the source of her livelihood, as war rages around her.

Features the text in the great controversies over literature and art between thinkers who have become giants of 20th-century philosophy.

This is David Hare's version of Brecht's classic play which was premiered by the National Theatre, London, in November 1995.

A Student Edition of Brecht's series of inter-connected playlets that describes events which took place in German households under the rise of the Nazis. The text of the play is accompanied by an extensive commentary and study notes.

A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering theatrical techniques. This version by Frank McGuinness is published to coincide with the National Theatre's production touring the UK.

One of a series of eight, this volume features Baal , Drums in the Night , In the Jungle of Cities , The Life of Edward II of England ; and five one-act plays - A Respectable Wedding , The Beggar or the Dead Dog , Driving out a Devil , Lux in Tenebris and The Catch .

Inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle , and written at the close of World War II, this parable is set in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. It re-tells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed and fought over by two mother

Retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers.

One of a planned series of eight, this volume features The Good Person of Szechwan , The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui , and Mr Puntila and his Man Matti . It also contains extensive notes, as well as variant versions and relevant texts by Brecht himself.

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