| Description |
1 online resource (lxxvi, 130 pages) : illustrations |
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Methuen drama student editions |
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Methuen drama student editions.
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| Contents |
Bertolt Brecht: 1898-1956 -- Plot -- Community -- Brecht's life -- Brecht's politics and theory -- The good person of Szechwan: context and genesis -- Structure -- The gods came to earth -- Prostitution and marriage -- Split character and role play -- The Chinese setting -- Morality -- The ending -- Epic elements -- Tragedy or comedic parable? -- The good person of Szechwan in the theatre -- Further Reading -- The Good Person of Szechwan -- Notes -- Questions and further Study |
| Summary |
Brecht's famous parable pivots around a moral paradox - that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. Through the sharply split personality of the central character Shen Teh / Shui Ta Brecht points to the impossibility of living anything like a 'good' life in a corrupted and persistently exploitative world. 'The Good Person of Szechwan' was first performed in Zurich in 1943 |
| Notes |
Originally published in German as: Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. Berlin : Suhrkamp Verlag, ©1955 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxiii-lxxvi) |
| Notes |
In English. Translated from the German |
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| Subject |
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Gute Mensch von Sezuan.
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| SUBJECT |
Gute Mensch von Sezuan (Brecht, Bertolt) fast |
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Good and evil -- Drama
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Prostitutes -- Drama
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Gods -- Drama
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German drama -- 20th century.
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Plays, playscripts.
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Drama -- General.
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Drama -- Continental European.
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Gods
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Good and evil
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Prostitutes
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China -- Drama
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
Drama
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Drama.
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Théâtre.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Willett, John, 1917-2002, translator.
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Kuhn, Tom, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Ryland, Charlotte, writer of supplementary textual content.
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| ISBN |
9781408160862 |
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1408160862 |
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9781472538185 |
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1472538188 |
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