The Good Person Of Szechwan
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The Good Person Of Szechwan
By (Author) Bertolt Brecht
Edited by John Willett
Edited by Ralph Manheim
Translated by John Willett
Volume editor John Willett
Volume editor Ralph Manheim
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
1st August 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
832.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
160
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 10mm
182g
Description
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 that enables her to set up her own business. But her goodness brings ruin and she must disguise herself as a man in order to muster sufficient ruthlessness to survive.
Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features an introduction and extensive notes and textual variants.
Author Bio
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose work has had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include Mother Courage and Her Children, The Threepenny Opera, Life of Galileo, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.Circle. His plays and dramatic theory are central to the study of modern theatre.
