Brecht Plays 8: The Antigone of Sophocles; The Days of the Commune; Turandot or the Whitewasher's Congress

by Bertolt Brecht

Book Overview

The latest volume in Methuen's Collected Brecht includes two plays previously untranslated into English

Volume 8 of Brecht's collected plays contains his last completed plays, from the eight years between his return from America to Europe after the war and his death in 1956. Brecht's ANTIGONE (1948) is a bold adaptation of Holderlin's classic German translation of Sophocles' play. A reflection on resistance and dictatorship in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0092J11G2
• ISBN13: 9780413773524
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"