The Author: Dougal McNeill was born and educated in Dunedin, New Zealand. He studied English and German literature at the University of Otago and at Victoria University of Wellington. He is a tutor at the School of English, Film and Theatre at Victoria University.

«‘The Many Lives of Galileo’ offers a solid analysis of the Laughton, Brenton, and Hare translations and is grounded in a thorough knowledge of the critical literature on Brecht and British theater since the 1970s. McNeill's survey strikes a good balance between argument and supporting detail and it sheds new light on the relationship between the play's contrasting translations and their respective context.» (Laura Bradley, Das Brecht-Jahrbuch)

• Contents: Theatre history – Bertolt Brecht scholarship – Contemporary British drama – David Hare scholarship – Howard Brenton scholarship –Translation studies – Production studies – Marxist literary theory – Modern drama – Literary studies.

The Author: Dougal McNeill was born and educated in Dunedin, New Zealand. He studied English and German literature at the University of Otago and at Victoria University of Wellington. He is a tutor at the School of English, Film and Theatre at Victoria University.

«‘The Many Lives of Galileo’ offers a solid analysis of the Laughton, Brenton, and Hare translations and is grounded in a thorough knowledge of the critical literature on Brecht and British theater since the 1970s. McNeill's survey strikes a good balance between argument and supporting detail and it sheds new light on the relationship between the play's contrasting translations and their respective context.» (Laura Bradley, Das Brecht-Jahrbuch)

• Contents: Theatre history – Bertolt Brecht scholarship – Contemporary British drama – David Hare scholarship – Howard Brenton scholarship –Translation studies – Production studies – Marxist literary theory – Modern drama – Literary studies.

The Author: Dougal McNeill was born and educated in Dunedin, New Zealand. He studied English and German literature at the University of Otago and at Victoria University of Wellington. He is a tutor at the School of English, Film and Theatre at Victoria University.

«‘The Many Lives of Galileo’ offers a solid analysis of the Laughton, Brenton, and Hare translations and is grounded in a thorough knowledge of the critical literature on Brecht and British theater since the 1970s. McNeill's survey strikes a good balance between argument and supporting detail and it sheds new light on the relationship between the play's contrasting translations and their respective context.» (Laura Bradley, Das Brecht-Jahrbuch)

• Contents: Theatre history – Bertolt Brecht scholarship – Contemporary British drama – David Hare scholarship – Howard Brenton scholarship –Translation studies – Production studies – Marxist literary theory – Modern drama – Literary studies.