{"product_id":"brecht-collected-plays-bertolt-brecht-9780413685803","title":"Brecht Collected Plays: Six","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis sixth volume of Brecht's Collected Plays contains three plays he wrote while in exile during the early stages of the Second World War. In Brecht's famous parable \u003ci\u003eThe Good Person of Szechwan\u003c\/i\u003e, the gods come to earth in search of a thoroughly good person. No\u003cbr\u003eone can be found until they meet Shen Te, a prostitute with a heart of\u003cbr\u003egold. Rewarded by the gods, she gives up her profession and buys a\u003cbr\u003etabacco shop but finds it is impossible to survive as a good person in\u003cbr\u003ea corrupt world without the support of her ruthless alter ego Shui Ta. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui\u003c\/i\u003e is a savage satire on the rise of Hitler, wittily transposed to gangland Chicago. Brecht's compelling parable continues to have relevance wherever totalitarianism appears today. Written in 1940 during Brecht's exile in Finland, Puntila is one of his\u003cbr\u003egreatest creations, to be ranked alongside Galileo and Mother Courage.\u003cbr\u003eA hard-drinking Finnish landowner, Puntila suffers from a divided\u003cbr\u003epersonality: when drunk he is human and humane; when sober, surly and\u003cbr\u003eself-centred. The play contains some of the best comedy Brecht wrote\u003cbr\u003efor the theatre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe translations are ideal for both study and performance. The volume is accompanied by a full introduction and notes by the series editor John Willett and includes Brecht's own notes and relevant texts as well as all the important textual variants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertolt Brecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0413685802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780413685803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.84h x 5.29w x 1.15d","brand":"Bertolt Brecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987309625599,"sku":"9780413685803","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_439fe9e6-3ec1-47bd-b249-5a72b5e83fd9.jpg?v=1683288216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brecht-collected-plays-bertolt-brecht-9780413685803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}