Brecht and Co.: German-speaking Playwrights on the Australian Stage

By Ulrike Garde

German-speaking playwrights have exercised a considerable if subtle influence on Australian theatre history. Presenting a range of paradigmatic case studies, this book offers a detailed account of Australian productions of German-language drama between 1945 and 1996. The reception of Bertolt Brecht is used as a touchstone for analysing stagings of plays by writers such as Max Frisch, Rolf Hochhuth, Peter Handke and Franz Xaver Kroetz. In addition, more recent developments in the reception of German drama on the Australian stage are discussed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3039108328
• ISBN13: 9783039108329
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"