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48 produkter
Threepenny Opera
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
215 kr
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Based on John Gay''s eighteenth century Beggar''s Opera , The Threepenny Opera , first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf …
Methods Matter
Improving Causal Inference in Educational and Social Science Research
Av Richard Murnane, John Willett
Inbunden, 2010
1591 kr
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Educational policy-makers around the world constantly make decisions about how to use scarce resources to improve the education of children. Unfortunately, their decisions are rarely informed by evidence on the consequences of these initiatives in other settings. Nor are decisions typically …
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1963
203 kr
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Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. …
Theatre Of Bertolt Brecht
Av John Willett
Häftad, 1977
381 kr
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This study of Brecht's theatre from eight different aspects was first published in 1959. The book aims to explain the difficult aspects of his ideology and political leanings in a straightforward manner. It traces his stylistic development as a playwright and stage director through each of his …
Messingkauf Dialogues
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett
Häftad, 2002
203 kr
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Brecht's most important treatise on theatre The Messingkauf dialogues are the longest but in some ways the most light hearted of all Brecht's discussions of theatre. Here Actor, Actress, Dramaturg (or literary adviser) and Electrician argue with the Brechtian Philosopher who wants to exploit their …
Threepenny Opera
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1979
201 kr
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Based on John Gay's eighteenth century Beggar's Opera, The Threepenny Opera, first staged in 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin, is a vicious satire on the bourgeois capitalist society of the Weimar Republic, but set in a mock-Victorian Soho. It focuses on the feud between Macheaf - …
Theatre Of Erwin Piscator
Half a Century of Politics in the Theatre
Av John Willett
Häftad, 1986
283 kr
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Mother Courage and Her Children
Av Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim m. fl.
Häftad, 1986
177 kr
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In this chronicle of the European Thirty Years War and taking place between the years 1624 and 1636, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon to whomever she can. One by one she loses her children to the war but will not …
Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1981
203 kr
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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. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche - …
Good Person Of Szechwan
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1985
203 kr
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Brecht's famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. In it, the gods come to earth in search of enough good people to justify their existence. They find Shen Teh, a good-hearted but penniless prostitute, and make her a gift …
Saint Joan of the Stockyards
Av Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
219 kr
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In this version of the story of Joan of Arc, Brecht transforms her into 'Joan Dark', a member of the 'Black Straw Hats' (a Salvation Army-like group) in twentieth century Chicago. The play charts Joan's battle with Pierpont Mauler, the unctuous owner of a meat-packing plant. Like her predecessor, …
Brecht Collected Plays: 2
Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
430 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language.This second volume of Brecht's Collected Plays brings together some of his most glittering Berlin successes …
Brecht Collected Plays: 1
Baal; Drums in the Night; In the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; & 5 One Act Plays
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
414 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language.Volume One of Brecht's Collected Plays contains Brecht's first performed stage works. Baal is inspired by Brecht's …
Brecht Collected Plays: 6
Good Person of Szechwan; The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; Mr Puntila and his Man Matti
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
389 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language.This sixth volume of Brecht's Collected Plays contains three plays he wrote while in exile during the early stages …
Brecht Collected Plays: 7
Visions of Simone Machard; Schweyk in the Second World War; Caucasian Chalk Circle; Duchess of Malfi
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett
Häftad, 1994
398 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language. The seventh volume of Brecht's Collected Plays contains the plays which Brecht wrote during his six-year stay in …
Brecht Collected Plays: 5
Life of Galileo; Mother Courage and Her Children
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
430 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language.The fifth volume in the Brecht Collected Plays series brings together two of Brecht's best-known and most …
Brecht Collected Plays: 3
Lindbergh's Flight; The Baden-Baden Lesson on Consent; He Said Yes/He Said No; The Decision; The Mother; The Exception & the Rule; The Horatians & the Curiatians; St Joan of the Stockyards
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett
Häftad, 1997
414 kr
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The most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language Volume Three of Brecht's Collected Plays includes St Joan of the Stockyards - a play which recasts St Joan as Joan Dark springing hope into the hearts of factory workers at the mercy of meatpacker king …
Brecht Collected Plays: 4
Round Heads & Pointed Heads; Fear & Misery of the Third Reich; Senora Carrar's Rifles; Trial of Lucullus; Dansen; How Much Is Your Iron?
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
398 kr
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Now in paperback, the long-awaited volume of Brecht's classic plays from the 1930s Volume 4 of Brecht's Collected Plays contains works from the 1930s, straddling fateful years in German political and cultural history - as well as in Brecht's own life. Round Heads and Pointed Heads, based on …
Brecht Collected Plays: 3.2
St Joan;Mother;Lindbergh's Flight;Baden-Baden;He Said Yes;Decision;Exception & Rule;Horatians & Cur
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
755 kr
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"One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" (Observer) Brecht's Lehrstucke or short 'didactic' pieces written during the years 1929 to 1933, are some of his most experimental work. Rejecting conventional theatre, they are spare and highly formalised, drawing on traditional Japanese …
Brecht In Context
Av John Willett
Häftad, 1998
414 kr
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New edition, revised for the centenary of Brecht's birth, containing additional updated material In this classic study, John Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner but Brecht the writer and man of his time. Through chapters on Brecht's relationships and attitudes to …
Life Of Galileo
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
177 kr
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Along with Mother Courage, the character of Galileo is one of Brecht's greatest creations, immensely live, human and complex. Unable to resist his appetite for scientific investigation, Galileo's heretical discoveries about the solar system bring him to the attention of the Inquisition. He is …
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
203 kr
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Also known as The Private Life of the Master Race, this is a sequence of twenty-four realistic sketches showing how "ordinary" life under the Nazis was subtly permeated by suspicion and anxiety. Written in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938 it was inspired in part by his recent trip to …
Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
202 kr
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Written in 1940 during Brecht's exile in Finland, Puntila is one of his greatest creations - to be ranked alongside Galileo and Mother Courage. A hard-drinking Finnish landowner, Puntila suffers from a divided personality: when drunk he is human and humane; when sober, surly and self-centred. The …
Good Person Of Szechwan
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
209 kr
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Brecht''s famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. In it, the gods come to earth in search of enough good people to justify their existence. They find Shen Teh, a good-hearted but penniless prostitute, and make her a gift …
Mother Courage and Her Children
Av Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
215 kr
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In this chronicle of the European Thirty Years War and taking place between the years 1624 and 1636, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon to whomever she can. One by one she loses her children to the war but will not …
Brecht Collected Plays: 1
Baal; Drums in the Night; in the Jungle of Cities; Life of Edward II of England; & 5 One Act Plays
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
448 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht''s plays in the English language. Volume One of Brecht''s Collected Plays contains Brecht''s first performed stage works. Baal is inspired by …
Brecht Collected Plays: 6
Good Person of Szechwan; the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; Mr Puntila and His Man Matti
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
430 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht''s plays in the English language. This sixth volume of Brecht''s Collected Plays contains three plays he wrote while in exile during the early …
Brecht Collected Plays: 7
Visions of Simone Machard; Schweyk in the Second World War; Caucasian Chalk Circle; Duchess of Malfi
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett
E-bok, 2015
430 kr
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Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht''s plays in the English language. The seventh volume of Brecht''s Collected Plays contains the plays which Brecht wrote during his six-year stay in …
Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
209 kr
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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. Using a wide range of parody and pastiche …
Good Person Of Szechwan
Av Bertolt Brecht, John Willett m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
215 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Brecht''s famous parable, written in exile in 1939-41, shows that in an unjust society good can only survive by means of evil. In it, the gods come to earth in search of enough good people to justify their existence. They find Shen Teh, a good-hearted but penniless prostitute, and make her a gift …
