Product Description: One of the most radical, controversial works ever created by playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, the opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a devastating critique of capitalism. This volume includes twenty-nine essays in English and German that address Mahagonny from multiple perspectives: context, text, utopia, music, and the continuing influence of this opera more than three quarters of a century after its creation...read more

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Product Description: In Shakespeare, Brecht, and the Intercultural Sign renowned Brecht scholar Antony Tatlow uses drama to investigate cultural crossings and to show how intercultural readings or performances question the settled assumptions we bring to interpretations of familiar texts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Presents thirty-seven stories by the noted playwright, including 'The Monster,' 'Before the Flood,' and 'Life Story of the Boxer Samson-Korner' (view table of contents)

Product Description: This collection continues in the direction of Yyearbook 17, with US and European scholars covering the historical background of some of Brecht's texts, examining his notions in the light of alternative theories, and discussing his reception in various contemporary situations.