The Cambridge Companion to Brecht

by Peter Thomson (Editor)

This Companion offers students crucial guidance on Brecht's theatrical career from beginning to end, bringing together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners to offer a provocative overview. The nineteen newly-commissioned essays place Brecht's creative work in its historical and biographical context, with separate essays on seven major plays, on the poetry, the theatrical theories, the use of music, the innovations in stage design, the ways of working with actors and his hugely influential career with the Berliner Ensemble.

Genres: Theatre, Drama, History, Art, Theory

334 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1994

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Peter Thomson is Emeritus Professor of Drama, University of Exeter.